Rita may refer to:

People

Rita (given name) Rita is a female name, often a name in its own right, but mostly a shortened version of Margarita (given name), Margarita. The feast day of Rita is generally celebrated on May 22 in honor of Saint Rita of Cascia. In media and entertainment In f ...

Rita (Indian singer) Rita Thyagarajan alias Sucharitha Thyagarajan (born 10 June 1984), known mononymously as Rita, is an Indian playback singer who sings in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Early life Rita was born in Chennai, ...

(born 1984) *

Rita (Israeli singer) Rita Jahan-Farouz (), known mononymously as Rita, is an Israeli singer and actress. In 2011, she became famous in Iran after the release of various pop records in which she sings in her native Persian language. In 2012, Israeli producer Amer Paya ...

(born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita

Places

Djarrit Djarrit (also called Darrit and Rita; Marshallese: , ) is an island district in the Marshall Islands. It is located in the east of Majuro Atoll. Along with Uliga and Delap, it forms what is known as the "Delap-Uliga-Djarrit". Djarrit is largely ...

, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands * 1180 Rita, an asteroid *

Rita, West Virginia Rita is an unincorporated community and coal town in Logan County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United St ...

* 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 The RITA Award, presented by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) from 1990 to 2019, was the most prominent award for English-language romance fiction. It was named for the RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada. After not being awarded in 202 ...

, an award for romantic fiction * ''

Educating Rita ''Educating Rita'' is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''Educating Rita'' premièred at The ...

'', 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 ''Disco Dancer'' is a 1982 Indian dance-action film, written by Rahi Masoom Raza and directed by Babbar Subhash. It stars Mithun Chakraborty and Kim in leading roles, with Om Puri, Gita Siddharth and Karan Razdan in supporting roles with ...

'', played by Kim Yashpal *Rita Santos, an adult mermaid on the TV series ''

Mako Mermaids ''Mako: Island of Secrets'' is an Australian television programme for children and teenagers created by Jonathan M. Shiff. Internationally released as ''Mako Mermaids'', the show is a spin-off of '' H2O: Just Add Water'' and is produced by Jo ...

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 Rita MacNeil (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond, Nova Scotia, Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in ...

1989 * ''Rita'' (Rita Guerra album), a 2× platinum Portuguese-language album by Rita Guerra 2005

Songs

*"Rita", a 1972 song by

Arthur Conley Arthur Lee Conley (January 4, 1946 – November 17, 2003), also known in later years as Lee Roberts, was an American soul singer, best known for the 1967 hit " Sweet Soul Music". Early life Conley was born in McIntosh County, Georgia, U.S., an ...

*"Rita", a 1976 song by

Marcel Khalife Marcel Khalife (; born 10 June 1950 in Amchit) is a Lebanese musical composer, singer, and oud player. Khalife is considered a folk hero in the Arab world, and he has been described as the "Bob Dylan of the Middle East." Biography In 1983 ...

*"Rita", a 1967 song by

The Men (pop rock band) The Men were an American pop rock band from Santa Monica, California. Despite its name, the group had two women as members. The group released a self-titled album on Polygram Records in 1992 (produced and engineered by David Leonard), which hit ...

*"Rita", a song by Powderfinger from the 2003 album '' Vulture Street''

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Rita (roller coaster) Rita, formerly known as Rita: Queen of Speed, is a launched roller coaster located in the Dark Forest section of Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Designed by Intamin, the Accelerator Coaster model opened to ...

, a roller coaster at Alton Towers, England *

Rita Repulsa Rita Repulsa is a character from the television series ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', and the principal nemesis of the superhero protagonists in the show's first season. She is portrayed in the first season by Machiko Soga (via Zyuranger foot ...

, a villain in the TV series ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''

Weather

Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico, tying with Hurricane Milton in 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, 2024, as well as being the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Part of the ...

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

Other uses

Budweiser Rita Anheuser-Busch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, is the largest brewing company in the United States, with a market share of 45 percent in 2016. The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and nearly 20 in othe ...

, a group of flavored drinks made by Anheuser-Busch * Shortening of

margarita A margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Some margarita recipes include simple syrup as well and are often served with salt on the rim of the glass. Margaritas can be served either shaken with ice (on the rock ...

(the tequila-based sour cocktail) *

Nakajima G8N The Nakajima G8N ''Renzan'' (連山, "Mountain Range") was a four-engined, long-range bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Navy designation was "Type 18 land-based attack aircraft" (十八試陸上攻撃機); the Allied cod ...

, Japanese WWII naval heavy bomber, codenamed "Rita" *

Research and Innovative Technology Administration The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) was a unit of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). It was created in 2005 to advance transportation science, technology, and analysis, as well as improve the coordina ...

, research programs agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation *

Resistance Inside the Army The abbreviation or acronym RITA (sometimes written in low case, "rita") stands for "Resistance Inside the Army", "Resister Inside the Army", or "Resist! Inside the Army". It was first invented by the American Private Richard (Dick) Perrin, RA 117 ...

, 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 (; July1940) was a female chimpanzee who lived at Tennōji Zoo in Japan. She was a popular attraction at the zoo, famous across Japan for her tricks and the way she was sometimes dressed as a geisha. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, she ...

* ''Rita'' (fish), a genus of catfishes *

Rta RTA may refer to: Media * Radio and Television Arts, program at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada * Radio Television Afghanistan ** RTA TV, an Afghan channel * Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne * Real time attack, a game speedrun Sci ...

(also transliterated as ''Rita''), a cosmic order in Hinduism