Roya may refer to: * ''Roya'' (alga), a genus of green algae and a subgroup of

Zygnemataceae The Zygnemataceae are a family of filamentous or unicellular, uniseriate (unbranched) green algae. The filaments are septated and reproduction is by conjugation; ''Spirogyra'' is commonly used in schools to demonstrate this kind of reproductio ...

Roya (river) The Roya ( French, ), Roia (Italian), or Ròia ( Brigasc, Occitan) is a river of France and Italy, discharging into the Ligurian Sea. It is long, of which in France. Its drainage basin is about , of which in France.

, a river of France and Italy * Roya (genus), a synonym of ''Williamia'', a genus of small sea snails * Roya (given name), a female proper name of Persian origin, meaning "fantasy" or "dream" * Roya (singer), an Azerbaijani pop singer * Roya, Princess Samira’s pet peacock in

Shimmer and Shine ''Shimmer and Shine'' is an American animated television series created by Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It premiered on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block on August 24, 2015, and ran for four seasons. The sh ...

Ro'ya TV Roya TV is a Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Ba ...

, a private Jordanian television station * Roya, a California based Software as a Service company

Notable people with this name

* Roya Arab, UK-based Iranian musician and archaeologist * Roya Hakakian, Iranian American Jewish poet, journalist, and writer *

Roya Maboudian Roya Maboudian is an American academic and researcher in the field of chemical engineering. She is professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a co-director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actua ...

, American academic and researcher in the field of chemical engineering *

Roya Megnot Roya Megnot (May 29, 1962 - May 10, 2009) was an American actress who played mainly in television films and series. She died of a brain tumor in 2009. Filmography Television *1998 : ''Thirst'' *1991 : ''The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage'' ( ...

, American actress *

Roya Mirelmi Roya Mirelmi ( fa, رؤیا میر علمی) is an Iranian theater, cinema and television actress. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University undergraduate design scene. Filmography * ''Bidari'' *''Khab-zadeha'' (2013) * ...

, Iranian theater, cinema and television actress *

Roya Nonahali Roya Nonahali ( fa, رویا نونهالی; born February 13, 1963) is an Iranian actress and director. She studied painting, and has worked in theatre since 1984. Nonahali started film acting with ''The Beloved Is at Home'' (1987, by Khosrow Si ...

, Iranian actress and director *

Roya Rahmani Roya Rahmani (born May 1978) is an Afghan diplomat who served as Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States and non-resident ambassador to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic from December 2018 to July 2021. ...

, Afghan diplomat *

Roya Ramezani Roya Ramezani ( fa, رؤیا رمضانی) is an Iranian designer and women's rights campaigner. She was selected for the BBC's '' 100 Women'' programme in 2017. Career Roya Ramezani was born in Northern Iran and was raised in Tehran, but move ...

, Iranian designer and women's rights campaigner *

Roya Rozati Roya Rozati is an India-based gynecologist and infertility specialist. She is also the Professor and Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences and was formerly served as the Professor and He ...

, India-based gynecologist and infertility specialist *

Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht ( Persian: رویا صابری نژاد نوبخت) (born c. 1967) is an Iranian-British housewife who was imprisoned after she returned to Iran to visit her family. While living in England, she wrote on Facebook that Ir ...

, Iranian-British housewife who was imprisoned after she returned to Iran *

Roya Sadat Roya Sadat (born 1983) is an Afghan film producer and director. She was the first woman director in the history of Afghan cinema in the post-Taliban era, and ventured into making feature films and documentaries on the theme of injustice and restr ...

, Afghan film producer and director * Roya Teymourian, Iranian actress *

Roya Toloui Roya Toloui (born May 22, 1966, in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, Iran) is a prominent Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights activist and feminist, currently residing in the US. She was born in Baneh in western Iran. She received her high school d ...

, Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights activist and feminist

Notable people with this name

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