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. It is also used as a feminine given name.

Given name Rawda al-Haj (born 1969), Sudanese poet Rawda Al-Farkh Al-Hudhud (born 1946), Jordanian writer Rawdah Mohamed, Norwegian-Somali model

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