Rita may refer to:

People

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

(born 1984) *

Rita (Israeli singer) Rita Yahan-Farouz ( he, ריטה יהאן-פרוז;), also known mononymously as Rita (formerly Rita Kleinstein ), is an Israeli pop singer and actress. In 2011, she became popular in Iran after the release of various pop records which she sings ...

(born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) *

Eliza Humphreys Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys (14 June 1850 – 1 January 1938) (born Gollan) was an English novelist. Biography Eliza Margaret Jane Gollan was born at Gollanfield in Inverness-shire, the daughter of John Gollan, a Scottish businessman and ...

(1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita

Places

* Djarrit, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands *

1180 Rita 1180 Rita, provisional designation , is a dark and spheroidal Hildian asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 97 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 April 1931, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the ...

, an asteroid *

Rita, West Virginia Rita is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and coal town in Logan County, West Virginia, Logan County, West Virginia, United States. References

Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in L ...

Santa Rita, California (disambiguation) Santa Rita, California may refer to: * Santa Rita, Salinas, California * Santa Rita, Santa Barbara County, California *Sta. Rita Hills AVA, California wine region in Santa Barbara County *Santa Rita Jail Santa Rita Jail is a county jail located i ...

, 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 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 from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray t ...

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 Khalifé ( ar, مرسيل خليفة; born 10 June 1950 in Amchit) is a Palestinian- Lebanese musical composer, singer, and oud player. Biography In 1983, Paredon Records (later acquired by Smithsonian Folkways) released ''Promises ...

*"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) 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 fictional character from the television series ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', and the principal nemesis and archenemy of the main superhero protagonists in the show's first season. She is portrayed in the first season by Mac ...

, 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 and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included three of the top ten L ...

Tropical Storm Rita (disambiguation) The name Rita has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, and ten tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean. Rita was used on the modern six-year lists in the Atlantic: * Hurricane Rita (2005) – powerful Category 5 hurrican ...

, the name of several storms

Other uses

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

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 ...

, an open-source programming library *

Budweiser Rita Anheuser-Busch, a wholly owned subsidiary of AB InBev, 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 2 ...

, 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 Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in the town of Henrietta, New York, Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree ...

, an emergency medical services organization * Rta (also transliterated as ''Rita''), a cosmic order in Hinduism