(anc. geog.) a town of Arabia Petraea, near the Arman; to called from one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah, in ruins in Jerome's time. Jerome mentions another MADIAN, or MIDIAN, beyond Arabia, in the desert, to the south of the Red Sea; and hence Madianae, and Madianitaei, the people; and Madianae Regio, the country.