Raphia may refer to: * ''Raphia'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae *

Raffia palm Raffia palms are members of the genus ''Raphia''. The Malagasy name is derived from ' "to squeeze juice". The genus contains about twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, and especially Madagascar, with one species ('' R ...

, the genus ''Raphia'' of raffia palms *

Raphia (town) Rafah ( ) is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889. Due to the Gaza war, about 1.4 million people from Gaza ...

, the Ancient Greek name for Rafah, a town in Gaza *

Battle of Raphia The Battle of Raphia was fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire during the Syrian Wars. It was one of the la ...

(217 BC), a major confrontation between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires. * Battle of Raphia (720 BC), a battle between Pharonic Egypt and Assyria, during the reign of Pharaoh Osorkon IV

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