Rabat (disambiguation) explained

Rabat is the capital city of Morocco.

Rabat may also refer to:

Places

France

• Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs, Ariège

Iran

• Rabat, Iran, a city in West Azerbaijan Province
• Rabat, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province

Jordan (ancient Transjordan)

• Rabat Amman, trad. spelling Rabbath Ammon, the capital of ancient Ammon; today's Amman
• Rabat Moab, trad. spelling Rabbath Moab, the capital of ancient Moab; today's Rabba

Malta

• Rabat, Malta, a city on Malta Island
• Victoria, Gozo, a city on Gozo Island, often referred to by its original name Rabat

Pakistan

• Rabat, Battagram, town and union council (district)
• Rabat, Lower Dir, union council (district)

Turkey

• Yeni Rabat, Turkish name of medieval Georgian monastery of Shatberdi from Klarjeti

Ukraine (Crimea)

• Arabat Fortress

Uzbekistan

• Rabat Malik, or Ribat-i Malik, a ruined caravanserai on the road from Samarkand to Bukhara

Other uses

• Rabat (clothing), a type of waistcoat worn by certain Catholic clergy
• Rabat (film), a 2011 Dutch film
• Rabat (military rank) (Hebrew acronym), rank in the Israeli army, equivalent to a corporal
• Rabat I (c. 1616–c. 1644/5), ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar (now in Sudan)
• FUS Rabat, a Moroccan football club

See also

Semitic terms

• Rabad, an alternate spelling for ribat common in Central Asia
• Rabat, meaning lady or goddess, one attribute of Asherah
• Ribat, Arabic word for Early Muslim frontier fort, later caravansary and Sufi retreat
• Robat (disambiguation), the Persian variant of ribat
• Rabbath (disambiguation)

French

• rabbet, recess or groove, from Old French rabbat/rabbet, "wall recess", and rabattre, "to beat down"