Rabia

Rabia is the transliteration to mainly two different Arabic words written differently in Arabic text and properly transliterated differently:

• An Arabic female name (Rabīʿah ربيعة) meaning "Companion in life" or "Springtime"
• An Arabic female name (Rābiʿah رابعة) meaning "Fourth Female".

Notable people

• Cheikha Rabia (born 1944), Algerian singer
• Emetullah Rabia Gülnûş Sultan (1642-1715), wife of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV
• Rabia Ashiq (born 1992), Pakistani athlete.
• Rabia Balkhi, semi-legendary[2] figure of Persian literature
• Rabia Basri, 8th-century Muslim Sufi saint
• Rabia Belhaj Ahmed (born 1982), Paralympian athlete from Tunisia
• Rabia Butt, Pakistani supermodel and actress
• Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist
• Rabia Makhloufi (born 1986), Algerian steeplechase runner
• Rabia Qari, barrister of the South Asia and Pakistan
• Rabia Sultan (ca. 1698 – 1732), wife of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III

Surnames

• Abu Hamza Rabia (c. 1960–2005), Egyptian member of al-Qaeda
• Hamad Abu Rabia (1929-1981), Bedouin Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset
• Hassan Rabia (born 1984), Omani footballer
• Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi (born 1981), Omani footballer
• Ramy Rabia (born 1993), Egyptian footballer

Places

• Diyar Rabi'a, medieval Arabic name of the easternmost and largest of the three provinces of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia)
• Rabia City, a neighbourhood of Shah Faisal Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Rabia (Iraq), a small border crossing town between Iraq and Syria on the road to Mosul
• Rabia, Syria, a town in the Latakia Governorate, northwestern Syria

Other uses

• The Rabi`ah, an Arab tribe
• Rabia Square in Cairo, Egypt - named after al-Adawiyya.
• Rabia School, an independent faith school in Luton, England
• Rabia Sorda, Mexican electronic music

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