Rania may refer to:

Places

* Rania, Haryana, a City in Sirsa District, Haryana state of India. *

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 * Rania block, a community development block, in Jharkhand, India **

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 Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: 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 ...

''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". *

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 * Rania Elwani (born 1977), Egyptian swimmer *

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 A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called ...

(born 1981), Egyptian singer * Rania Zeriri (born 1986), Dutch singer

Entertainment

* Rania, a former name of the South Korean girl group Blackswan * '' Rânia'', a 2012 Brazilian drama film {{disambiguation, geo, given name Arabic feminine given names