Rita may refer to:

People

  • Rita (given name)
  • Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
  • Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
  • Rita (Japanese singer)
  • Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita

Places

  • Djarrit, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands
  • 1180 Rita, an asteroid
  • Rita, West Virginia
  • Santa Rita, California (disambiguation), several places

Film, television, and theater

  • Rita (1959 film), an Australian television play
  • Rita (2009 Italian film), an Italian film
  • Rita (2009 Indian film), a Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane
  • Rita (2024 Guatemalan film), Guatemalan dark fantasy film
  • Rita (2024 Spanish film), an upcoming Spanish drama film
  • Rita (TV series), a Danish television show
  • RITA Award, an award for romantic fiction
  • Educating Rita, a 1980 stage play by Willy Russel
  • Educating Rita (film), a 1983 British film based on that play
  • Rita Oberoi, fictional character in the 1982 Indian film Disco Dancer, played by Kim Yashpal
  • Rita Santos, an adult mermaid on the TV series Mako Mermaids

Music

  • Rita (opera), an 1841 opera by Gaetano Donizetti

Albums

  • Rita (Rita Yahan-Farouz album), 4× platinum album by Israeli singer Rita 1986
  • Rita, 2× platinum album by Rita MacNeil 1989
  • Rita (Rita Guerra album), a 2× platinum Portuguese-language album by Rita Guerra 2005

Songs

  • "Rita", a 1972 song by Arthur Conley
  • "Rita", a 1976 song by Marcel Khalife
  • "Rita", a 1967 song by The Men (pop rock band)
  • "Rita", a song by Powderfinger from the 2003 album Vulture Street

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Rita The Adorable Ones 1988

Rita Los Angeles Azules 1966

Rita The Blue Shadows 1959

Rita Curtis and Del 1963

Rita Doucette 1979

Rita Enzo Fertitta 1983

Rita The Four Dots Featuring Fletcher Williams 1955

Rita Funky Family 1970

Rita The Latars

Rita Leo Unger Group 1975

Rita Massimo Ranieri 1969

Rita Mike Roncone And His Orchestra 1959

Rita Sten Nilsson 1988

Rita Vicious Rumours 1984 -->

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • Rita (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Alton Towers, England
  • Rita Repulsa, a villain in the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Weather

  • Hurricane Rita
  • Tropical Storm Rita (disambiguation), the name of several storms

Other uses

  • Budweiser Rita, a group of flavored drinks made by Anheuser-Busch
  • Shortening of margarita (the tequila-based sour cocktail)
  • Nakajima G8N, Japanese WWII naval heavy bomber, codenamed "Rita"
  • Research and Innovative Technology Administration, research programs agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Resistance Inside the Army, a protest movement
  • RiTa, an open-source programming library
  • RIT Ambulance, an emergency medical services organization
  • Rita the Rock Planter, a giant wooden sculpture in Colorado, USA.
  • Rita (chimpanzee)
  • Rita (fish), a genus of catfishes
  • Rta (also transliterated as Rita), a cosmic order in Hinduism

See also

  • RTA (disambiguation)
  • Margarita (disambiguation)
  • Margherita (disambiguation)
  • Rita Rocks, a 2008-2009 U.S. TV series starring Nicole Sullivan