Rania may refer to:
Places
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Rania, Haryana, a City in Sirsa District, Haryana state of India.
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Ranya
Ranya ( ckb, ڕانیە, Ranye, ar, رانية) is a town in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and is part of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate.
Geography and climate
Ranya City is located in the north east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Ranya is l ...
, a district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan
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Rania block
Rania block (also spelled Raniya) is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of Khunti district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
History
Khunti subdivision was formed in Ranchi district in 1905 and Khu ...
, a community development block, in Jharkhand, India
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Rania, Khunti
Rania (spelled Raniiyan in census records) is a village in the Rania CD block in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of the Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Rania is located at
Area over ...
, a village in Jharkhand, India
People
Rania or Raniah (
Arabic
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رَانِيَة ''rāniyah''), also spelt Raniya, Raniyah, is an Arabic female given name. The name stems from the Arabic
auxiliary verb
An auxiliary verb (abbreviated ) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany an infinitive verb or a p ...
''ranā'' ''ilayhi'' (
رَنَا إِلَيْهِ), literally implies "as long as looking at the person with a stillness of a blink or wink, or the predominant response".
This auxiliary verb is derived from the verb ''rāna'' (
رَانَ) meaning "predominate, prevail, reign in, overcome, overwhelm, seize", and include several meanings like "getting over (win something over), conquering, mastering" or "conceal, be covered, fill up".
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Rania Al Abdullah
Rania Al-Abdullah ( ar, رانيا العبد الله, ; born Rania Al-Yassin, 31 August 1970) is Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II.
Rania was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. She received her bachelor's degree in busines ...
(born 1970), Queen consort of Jordan
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Rania Elwani (born 1977), Egyptian swimmer
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Rania Mamoun
Rania Ali Musa Mamoun (Arabic:رانيا مأمون) is a Sudanese fiction writer and journalist, known for her novels, poems and short stories. She was born in the city of Wad Medani in east-central Sudan and was educated at the University of Ge ...
(born 1979), Sudanese journalist and novelist
* Rania Hussein Muhammad Tawfiq, known as
Ruby
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(born 1981), Egyptian singer
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Rania Zeriri (born 1986), Dutch singer
Entertainment
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Rania, a former name of the South Korean girl group
Blackswan
Blackswan (Korean: 블랙스완; stylized as BLACKSWAN) are a South Korean-based multinational girl group formed by DR Music, with an admission and graduation concept. As of December 2022, the group consists of Fatou, Leia, Gabi, Sriya, and ...
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Rânia'', a 2012 Brazilian drama film
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