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Almudena

/almuˈdena/

proper noun/almuˈdena/

a female given name

Related: Almu

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.