Rawda Explained

الرَّوضَة is an Arabic word meaning garden, meadow, or kindergarten. It is used in many place names in the Arab World. It can be transliterated variously as Rawda, Roda, Roḍa, Rawḍa, among other transliterations.

Places

Bahrain

• Al Rawda Palace, a palace in western Bahrain

Egypt

• Rawda Island, an island on the Nile in Cairo
• Al-Rawda, North Sinai

Kuwait

• Rawda, Kuwait, a Kuwaiti area and a suburb of Kuwait City.

Saudi Arabia

• Rawdah, Medina, an area of the Nabawi Mosque in Medina
• Al Rawdah Sub-Municipality, a sub-municipality of Riyadh

Syria

• Al-Rawda, Hama, a village near Hama
• Al-Rawda, Tartus, a town in the Tartus Governorate
• Al-Rawda (tell), a Bronze Age archaeological site near Hama
• Al-Rawdah (al-Batrounah), a village in Rif Dimashq Governorate
• Rawda, Idlib, a village in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib
• Rawda Square in Damascus

Yemen

• Al-Rawda, Yemen, a village in Al Bayda District in the Al Bayda Governorate

Other

• HMS Al Rawdah, a British prison ship