The story behind Almudena
Shortened from Nuestra Señora de la Almudena (“Our Lady of the Almudena”), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, from the place name Almudena (“citadel”), from Arabic اَلْمُدَيِّنَة (al-mudayyina), diminutive of مَدِينَة (madīna, “town”). Patron saint of Madrid, Spain.
Pronunciation
Spanish: /almuˈdena/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Spanish: [al.muˈð̞e.na]
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- shared origin connection
- balanced name length