"Magdala (Aramaic: \u05DE\u05D2\u05D3\u05DC\u05D0 / Magdala, meaning \"elegant\", \"great\", or \"tower\" (viz. \"great place\"); Hebrew: \u05DE\u05D2\u05D3\u05DC / Migdal, meaning \"tower\"; Arabic: \u0642\u0631\u064A\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062C\u062F\u0644 / Qariyat al-Majdal) is the name of at least two places in ancient Israel mentioned in the Jewish Talmud and one place that may be mentioned in the Christian New Testament."@en . . .