Rita may refer to:

People

* Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (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

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* 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 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 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 *"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) 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, 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, 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