Midian in Wikipedia

Midian (Hebrew: מִדְיָן‎), Madyan (Arabic), or Madiam (Greek Μαδιάμ, Μαδιανίτης for a Midianite) is a geographical place and a people mentioned in the Bible and in the Qur'an. It is believed to be in northwest Arabia on the east shore of the Gulf of Aqaba[1] and the northern Red Sea.[2] Some scholars say it was not a geographical area but a league of tribes.[3] The modern Hebrew pronunciation, "Midyan", is the result of a normal vowel shift changing an "a" sound to an "i" sound (compare Miryam in Hebrew versus Mariam in Greek or Maryam in Arabic)...

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