Tasnif Style Guide — Page 99
CHAPTER 8: NAMES 99 Place Names The names of towns and villages, cities, districts, provinces, states, regions, or countries are to be written as they appear in the atlas or by other official legal spellings. For reference, Google Maps can be used. In cases where there are multiple official spellings (e. g. Mecca/ Makkah or Medina/Madinah), our preference should be the more accurate Islamic spelling (i. e. Makkah and Madinah). Makkah |'maka:| Arabic name for Mecca. British English- British English Medina | mɛ'di:nǝ | a city in western Saudi Arabia, around an oasis some 320 km (200 miles) north of Mecca; population 1,010,000 (est. 2007). Arabic name al-Madinah.