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, an asteroid * Rita, West Virginia * Santa Rita, California (disambiguation), several places

Film, television, and theater

* Rita (1959 film), ''Rita'' (1959 film), a 1959 Australian television play * Rita (2009 Italian film), ''Rita'' (2009 Italian film), a 2009 Italian film * Rita (2009 Indian film), ''Rita'' (2009 Indian film), a 2009 Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane *Rita (TV series), ''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), ''Educating Rita'' (film), a 1983 British film based on that play *Rita Santos, an adult mermaid on the TV series ''Mako Mermaids''

Music

* Rita (opera), ''Rita'' (opera), an 1841 opera by Gaetano Donizetti

Albums

*Rita (Rita Yahan-Farouz album), ''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), ''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 (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), ''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