Rita
A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or SpanishA female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.
» Matt Brown is Rita Lewis's husband.
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2 sensesA female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.
A female given name from Sanskrit.
Examples
11 sentencesMatt Brown is Rita Lewis's husband.
Dan introduced Linda to Matt and Rita.
Both Matt and Rita are my co-workers.
ruИ Мэтт, и Рита — мои коллеги. — Txoria
Dan accidentally called Linda "Rita", which angered her.
Linda lectured Rita about what men like in women.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Romance (Italian Rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and SpanishFrom Romance (Italian Rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century.
From South Asian languages, from Sanskrit रीता (rītā).
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