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Rita
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Appendix:Variations of "rita"
Translingual
mul
Etymology
mul
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Bagridae certain naked catfishes of south Asia
Hypernyms
genus
Hyponyms
genus Rita rita species - type species
References
Rita (fish)
1
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English
Alternative forms
en Reeta
Pronunciation
en iːtə 2
Etymology 1
From en roa Rita en it Rita, en es Rita. A shortening of en it Margherita, and en es Margarita, cognates of English en Margaret. An Italian Rita of Cascia Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century.
Alternative forms
en Reta Reeta
Proper noun
s
en female Romance languages,Italian,Spanish.
en Margarita Margaret Margot Margo
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Derived terms
en Santa Rita Ritalin ritalin
Translations
female given name
French: fr Rita f
Hungarian: hu Rita
Polish: pl Rita f
Etymology 2
From South Asian languages, from en sa रीता.
Alternative forms
en Reetha Retha Ritha Reeta Reta
Proper noun
s
en female Sanskrit.
See also
en Reta Reeta
Anagrams
en airt Atri ITAR Rati airt tiar
Asturian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
ast female
Danish
Etymology
From da it Rita.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
Estonian
Etymology
From et it Rita.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Faroese
Pronunciation
fo /ˈɹiːta/
fo iːta
fo rita ryta
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Rituson Ritudóttir
Declension
Rita Ritu Ritu Ritu
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
fi surname
From fi rita (perhaps in the sense narrow road) via place names.
Proper noun
fi Finnish
Declension
Ri t d a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 219
Etymology 2
fi given name
More directly from fi it Rita. Compare fi Riitta, which has been in use for longer.
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Rit a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1781 278 287
References
German
Etymology
From de it Rita at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
de De-Rita.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu tɒ 2
hu Ri ta
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female
Declension
Ritá oRitá
Derived terms
hu Diminutives Ritácska Ritus Rituska
Italian
Pronunciation
Rìta
Proper noun
f
it female Margherita
Anagrams
it airt arti atri irta tari tarì tira trai
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1896. Short form of lv Margarita.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Rita was the only given name of 7674 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
f
lt female
Norwegian
Etymology
From no it Rita at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Usage notes
Popular in Norway in 1950 - 1975.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt Ri ta
Proper noun
f +
pt female
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female
Derived terms
es cuéntaselo a Rita más puta que Rita que lo haga Rita
Swedish
Etymology
From sv it Rita, later also used as a short form of Marita and Carita. First recorded as a name of Swedes in 1880.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Rita.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Anagrams
sv airt riat tar i