الرَّوضَة is an
Arabic
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word meaning ''garden'', ''
meadow
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'', or
kindergarten
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. It is used in many place names in the
Arab World
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. It can be transliterated variously as ''Rawda'', ''Roda'', ''Roḍa'', ''Rawḍa'', among other transliterations.
Places
Bahrain
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Al Rawda Palace, a palace in western Bahrain
Egypt
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Rawda Island, an island on the Nile in Cairo
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Al-Rawda, North Sinai
Al-Rawda () is a village in the markaz of Bir al-Abed, in the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt. It is a center of the Jaririya Sufi order, with the majority of the population following it (though that might have changed with recent migration), a ...
Kuwait
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Rawda, Kuwait
Rawda ( Gulf Arabic pronunciation: ) is an area located within the Capital Governorate of Kuwait and is considered a suburb of Kuwait's capital city, Kuwait City. It comprises five residential blocks. The area is served by the Rawda and Hawally ...
, a Kuwaiti
area
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and a suburb of
Kuwait City
Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...
.
Saudi Arabia
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Rawdah, Medina, an area of the Nabawi Mosque in Medina
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Al Rawdah Sub-Municipality
Al-Rawdah Sub-Municipality () is one of the 16 ''baladiyahs'' of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of ...
, a sub-municipality of Riyadh
Syria
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Al-Rawda, Hama, a village near Hama
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Al-Rawda, Tartus, a town in the Tartus Governorate
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Al-Rawda (tell), a Bronze Age archaeological site near Hama
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Al-Rawdah (al-Batrounah), a village in Rif Dimashq Governorate
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Rawda, Idlib, a village in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib
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Rawda Square
Al-Rawda Square ( / ALA-LC: ''sāḥat ar-Rawḍah'') is a square in north-west Damascus. The square is the location of the National Security Building, where the Defence Minister as well as President Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad (born ...
in Damascus
Yemen
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Al-Rawda, Yemen, a village in Al Bayda District in the Al Bayda Governorate
Other
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HMS Al Rawdah, a British prison ship
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