Raya may refer to:

Places

Raya (country subdivision) Raya or raia is a term used in Romanian historiography to refer to former territories of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia held under the direct administration of the Ottoman Empire, as opposed to the principalities, which ke ...

, administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire * Raya, Uttar Pradesh, India * Raya, Simalungun, a town in Indonesia * Raya, Nepal, a village in NW Nepal *

Raya Azebo Raya Azebo is a district in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The administrative center of this district is Mekhoni. Other towns in Raya Azebo include Kukufto, Bala, and Chercher. History Air raids during the civil war of the 1980s During the Eth ...

, a

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are f ...

in Ethiopia

People with the surname

David Raya David Raya Martín (born 15 September 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Arsenal and the Spain national team. Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, he is known for his distribution, b ...

, Spanish footballer *

Javier Raya Francisco Javier Raya Buenache (born 20 April 1991) is a Spanish figure skater. He is the 2011 Spanish national senior champion and has competed in the free skate at eight ISU Championships. Personal life Francisco Javier Raya Buenache was bor ...

(born 1991), Spanish figure skater *

Joseph Raya Joseph Raya () (15 August 1916 – 10 June 2005) was a Lebanese-born Melkite Catholic prelate who served as Archeparch of Akka from 1968 to 1974. He was also a theologian and civil rights advocate. Raya was particularly known for his commitme ...

, Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop * Krishnadeva Raya, Vijayanagara Emperor, South India * Marco Raya (born 2002), American baseball player

Other uses

Raya and Sakina Raya and Sakina () were two Egyptian women who were Egypt's most infamous serial killers. Raya and Sakina were siblings. They, their husbands, and two other men began killing 17 women in the Labban neighborhood of Alexandria in 1919. The police ...

, Egyptian serial killers * Raya (app), a dating app *

Rayah A raiyah or reaya (from , a plural of "countryman, animal, sheep pasturing, subjects, nationals, flock", also spelled ''raiya'', ''raja'', ''raiah'', ''re'aya''; , ; Modern Turkish ''râiya'' or ''reaya''; related to the Arabic word ''rā'ī ...

or Raya, a member of the tax-paying lower class in the Ottoman Empire * Raya, title of a monarch, a cognate of

Raja Raja (; from , IAST ') is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian subcontinent, Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. T ...

* Raya (''Smallville''), a fictional character in the TV series ''Smallville'' * Raya (ራያ ቢራ), a brand of beer sold in Ethiopia * ''

Raya and the Last Dragon ''Raya and the Last Dragon'' ( ) is a 2021 American animated fantasy action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directed by ...

'', a 2021

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animated film about a

Southeast Asian Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. Southeast Asia is ...

warrior * Raya, the protagonist of the 2021 film, ''Raya and the Last Dragon''. *

Raya (given name) Raya is a given name with multiple, unrelated origins in different cultures. It is a Bulgarian diminutive of Rayna, meaning ''happy'' or a Russian diminutive of Raisa. It might also be related to the Latin name Regina meaning ''queen''. It i ...

Places

People with the surname

Other uses

See also