Perdita (Italian for "loss", from Latin for "lost woman"), may refer to:

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Perdita (given name) Perdita is a feminine given name derived from ''perditus'', meaning '' lost''. It was used by William Shakespeare for an abandoned princess, the heroine of his 1610 play ''The Winter's Tale'', and for a canine heroine of Dodie Smith's 1956 book ''T ...

, the history and usage of the name *

Perdita Barran Perdita Elizabeth Barran is a Professor of Mass Spectrometry at the University of Manchester. She is Director of the Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry. She develops and applies ion-mobility spectrometry–mass spectrome ...

, English chemist * Perdita Buchan (born 1940), Anglo-American author *

Perdita Felicien Perdita Felicien (born August 29, 1980) is a Canadian retired hurdler. Felicien is the 2003 World champion in the 100 metres hurdles and 2004 World indoor champion in the 60 metres hurdles. She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Champio ...

(born 1980), Canadian track athlete * Perdita Huston (1936–2001), American women's rights activist * Perdita Stevens (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist *

Perdita Weeks Perdita Rose Weeks (born 25 December 1985) is a British actress who played Juliet Higgins in the CBS/NBC reboot series ''Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series), Magnum P.I.''. Life and education Weeks was born in South Glamorgan, to Robin and Susan (née ...

(born 1985), British actress

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* ''Perdita'', a genus of North American native bees *

Perdita (moon) Perdita is an inner satellite of Uranus. Perdita's discovery was very complicated, as the first photographs of Perdita were taken by the ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft in 1986, but it was not recognized from the photographs for more than a decade. In ...

, a minor satellite of the planet Uranus

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* Perdita (''The Winter's Tale''), the heroine of Shakespeare's play ''The Winter's Tale'' *Perdita Boyte, a character from the 1936 novel ''

And Berry Came Too ''And Berry Came Too'' is a 1936 collection of comic short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), featuring his recurring 'Berry' characters. Plot The book consists of eight short stories, mostly set in Hampshi ...

'' by Dornford Yates *

Perdita Hyde-Sinclair Perdita Hyde-Sinclair is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Georgia Slowe. Slowe joined the main cast alongside Christopher Villiers as Perdy's husband Grayson Sinclair. She made her first appearance in th ...

, a character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' *Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, a character in the ''

Witches Witchcraft is the use of magic by a person called a witch. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic to inflict supernatural harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. According to ''Enc ...

'' subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series *Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor character from the TV series ''

The Haunting of Bly Manor ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is an American gothic romance supernatural horror drama television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and released on Netflix on October 9, 2020. The second entry in Flanagan's '' The Haunting'' anthology series ...

'' *Queen Perdita of Vlatava, a character of the animated superhero series ''

Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen T ...

'' *Perdita, a female Dalmatian dog in ''

The Hundred and One Dalmatians ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the kidnapping of a family of Dalmatian puppies. It was originally serialized in ''Woman's Day'' as ''The Great Dog Robbery'', and details the adventures of t ...

'', a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and the media franchise based on the novel; see

101 Dalmatians (disambiguation) 101 Dalmatians may refer to: * ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith * 101 Dalmatians (franchise), a Disney film franchise based on the novel ** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1961 animated film based on the ...

* The Free Ship Perdita, a sky-sailing ship in the 1999 novel ''

Stardust Stardust may refer to: * A type of cosmic dust, composed of particles in space Entertainment Songs * “Stardust” (1927 song), by Hoagy Carmichael * “Stardust” (David Essex song), 1974 * “Stardust” (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), 2012 * ...

'' (1999) by Neil Gaiman

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Perdita (horse) Perdita II (1881-1899) was a British Thoroughbred race mare who was an outstanding broodmare. Racing record She commenced her racing career as a wikt:selling plater, selling plater, but proved a useful racemare by winning seven races. Perdita I ...

(foaled 1881), English thoroughbred

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