Rabia
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Rabia or Rabiah is the transliteration of two Arabic names written differently in Arabic text however they may be written similarly in the Latin script:
- An Arabic, usually female name {{lang|ar|ربيعة}}) meaning "Spring"
- An Arabic, female name ({{transl|ar|DIN|Rābiʿah}} {{lang|ar|رابعة}}) or Rabeya meaning "spring" or "fourth female"
Rabia or Rabiah may refer to:
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People
=Male name Rabīʿah ({{lang|ar|ربيعة}})=
- Rabiah ibn Kab, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Rabiah ibn Mudhar (6th-century), Jewish king in present-day Yemen
- Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah (died 636), companion of Muhammad
- Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (died 624), pre-Islamic Arab tribal leader
- Salman ibn Rabiah (died 650), military governor of Armenia
- Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah (died 652), Arab general of the Rashidun Caliphate
- Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah (born 1959), Kuwaiti national formerly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay
- Robert Rabiah (born 1986), Australian film actor and writer
- Tawfiq Al Rabiah (born 1965), Saudi minister
- Abu Hamza Rabia (died 2005), Egyptian member of al-Qaeda
- Hamad Abu Rabia (1929–1981), Israeli-Arab politician
- Hassan Rabia (born 1984), Omani footballer
- Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi (born 1981), Omani footballer
- Ramy Rabia (born 1993), Egyptian footballer
- Rabia Makhloufi (born 1986), Algerian steeplechase runner
=Female name Rābiʿah ({{lang|ar|رابعة}}) =
- Rabia Akyürek (born 1999), Turkish wheelchair basketball player
- Rabia of Basra (710s–801), female Muslim Sufi saint
- Rabia Balkhi (10th century), semi-legendary figure of Persian literature
- Rabia Bala Hatun (died 1324), haseki of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, mother and Valide Sultan of Sultan Mustafa II and Ahmed III
- Rabia Sultan (died 1712), haseki of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II
- Rabia Şermi Kadın (died 1732), consort of Sultan Ahmed III and mother of Sultan Abdülhamid I
- Cheikha Rabia (born 1944), Algerian singer
- Rabia Ashiq (born 1992), Pakistani athlete
- Rabia Butt, Pakistani model and actress
- Rabia Cirit (born 1998), Turkish female para-athlete
- Rabia Kayahan (born 2000), Turkish female armwrestler
- Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist
- Rabia Qari, Pakistani barrister
- Rabiah Hutchinson (born 1953), Australian militant Islamist leader
- Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (born 1976), Israeli Bedouin anthropologist and sociologist
= Rabeya =
- Rabeya Alim (born 1950), Bangladesh Awami League politician
- Rabeya Chowdhury (fl. 1979–2006), Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
- Rabeya Khan, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Rabeya Khatun (1935–2021), Bangladeshi novelist
- Rabeya Müller (1957–2024), German Islamic scholar
- Rabia Bhuiyan (fl. 1996–2001), Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician
Places
- Al-Rabiaa, a village in northwestern Syria
- Diyar Rabi'a, the medieval Arabic name of the easternmost province of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia)
- Oum Rabia, a commune in Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco
- Rabia, Iraq, a small border crossing town between Iraq and Syria
- Rabia, Syria, a town in the Latakia Governorate, northwestern Syria
Other uses
- Rabīʿa, an Arab tribe
- Rabia School, Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
- Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque, a mosque in Cairo, Egypt
- Rabia sign, a hand gesture
- Rabeya (2008 film), Bangladeshi film
See also
- Rabeya (disambiguation)
- Rabiah (disambiguation)
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Category:Arabic-language feminine given names
Category:Arabic-language masculine given names