Arabic origin
Source-reportedShortened 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.
Sources for this account (3)
- Wiktionary: AlmudenaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: AlmudenaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Spanish Wiktionary: AlmudenaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

