rita

[ rit-uh ]

/ ˈrɪt ə /

the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

What does “Indigenous” mean?

From the Sanskrit word ṛta

Rita

[ ree-tuh ]

/ ˈri tə /

a female given name, form of Margarita.

His wife, Rita, would wait and pray until she would hear the bicycle squeeze horn he had affixed to the chair.
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Rita King likely would have disagreed with that sentiment when Evans entered the lockup room in back in April 2011.
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A first-rank boulevardier in the 1960s tableau, his wives included one Rita Hayworth.
Inside North America’s First Islamic Art Museum|Shinan Govani|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From Anna Wintour to Rita Ora to Claire Danes, stars are strutting their stuff in red this season.
Scarlet Is the New Black|Raquel Laneri|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Something named Rita Ora performed with Azalea, looking like Rihanna and singing like Katy Perry and lacking any of their energy.
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Rita Dresden married Monte Irvin in the spring and bade farewell to the stage.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
In all the hurry of her flying thoughts Rita steadied herself to listen.
Rita|Laura E. Richards
I hear you say—by the way, Rita, where did you learn to speak such perfect French?
The Drunkard|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
But Rita was in too highly strung a condition to observe this fact, or indeed to observe anything.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The tone constituted a rebuff, and Rita's coquetry deserted her, leaving her mortified and piqued.
Dope|Sax Rohmer