Rita

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), a 1959 Australian television play
• Rita (2009 Italian film), a 2009 Italian film
• Rita (2009 Indian film), a 2009 Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane
• 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

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

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

See also

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