Medina (/məˈdiːnə/; Arabic: المدينة المنورة‎‎, al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, the radiant city; or المدينة, al-Madīnah (Hejazi pronunciation: ), the city), also transliterated as Madīnah, is a city in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula, located in present-day Saudi Arabia and is also the capital of its Al Madinah Region.