Rania

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Rania (band)

RANIA (Hangul: 라니아, stylized as Rania or RaNia, shortened from Regeneration Idol of Asia) is a South Korean girl group formed by DR Music in 2011. The group was initially produced by American Teddy Riley with their first debut single "DR Feel Good" in 2011. The group composed of six (formerly debuted with eight members) members: Di, T-ae, Xia, Hyeme, Seulji and Alex. Although the group is South Korean, former member Joy is Thai descent and Riko is Japanese descent while current member Alex is African-American descent.

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Pre-debut

RANIA was originally set to debut in mid 2010 as the third generation of Baby V.O.X. However their record company DR Music decided to rebrand them as a new group named RANIA with eight members: Riko, T-ae, Xia, Saem, Joy, Lucy (later known as Jooyi) and Sarah. T-ae, Riko and Saem were chosen to star alongside former 2PM member Jay Park in his movie Hype Nation, causing DR Music to push back the group's debut. At the beginning of 2011, Sarah made her decision to leave the group and was replaced by Chinese trainee Yijo.

Ranya

Ranya (Kurdish: Ranya‎, Arabic: رانية‎) is a town located in Iraqi Kurdistan, 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Sulaymaniyah. The population of this city was involved in the revolutionary movement of Kurdish people from the war against the British Empire invasion during Şêx Mehmud's government, the Eylûl revolution, and the uprising which broke out in this city on 5 March 1991. Consequently, it acquired the name of 'the gate of uprising'. The city includes a number of tourist sites, notably the shore of the Derbendi, the area around the Reşemêrg spring, the Kwerakani spring which runs from the Central mosque through Ranyae's main bazaar Girdedême hill and Bêtwate, the villages in the Dola Raqa valley. Ranya is surrounded by three mountain ranges, the Kewarash, the Hajila and the Asos. Lake Dukan, created by the construction of a hydro-electric dam, is near the town. Ranya neighbourhoods include Qelat, Reşemêrg, Gilîincan, Sera, Rizgarî, Raperîn, Andazyaran, Azadî 1, Azadî 2, Kêwereş, Qule،Mamostayan, Nawroz, and Fermanberan. The first known newspaper published in Ranya appeared in 1942 under the name of Blêse (flame).