rita

[ rit-uh ]

/ ˈrɪt ə /

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noun Hinduism.

the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.

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Origin of rita

From the Sanskrit word ṛta

Words nearby rita

rissole, ristra, risus caninus, risus sardonicus, rit., rita, Ritalin, ritardando, rite, rite de passage, ritenuto

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Rita

[ ree-tuh ]

/ ˈri tə /

noun

a female given name, form of Margarita.

How to use rita in a sentence

Rita isolated herself in a room on the roof with only one small window, too high to see outside.
These twins are 5 years old. They lost both parents to covid-19.|Joanna Slater|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
Alka Raikwar, 45, one of Rita’s aunts, said she spoke to her niece after midnight.
These twins are 5 years old. They lost both parents to covid-19.|Joanna Slater|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
If Rita was having trouble, Alka said, they would take her to the doctor.
These twins are 5 years old. They lost both parents to covid-19.|Joanna Slater|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
Three days later their mother, Rita, died at home in a rooftop room with pale yellow walls, crushed by sickness and grief.
These twins are 5 years old. They lost both parents to covid-19.|Joanna Slater|June 17, 2021|Washington Post

The night before Rita died, she insisted that the girls come upstairs and sleep in the room with her.
These twins are 5 years old. They lost both parents to covid-19.|Joanna Slater|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
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.
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From Anna Wintour to Rita Ora to Claire Danes, stars are strutting their stuff in red this season.
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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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He had recognized that the first mention of Rita Irvin's name in the police evidence must be made by himself.
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Monte Irvin was away, and Rita secretly hoped that on his return he would declare himself.
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Well, you see, Rita Irvin was always going there to buy perfumes, and she frequently sent her maid as well.
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Rita laughed with a careless abandon which belonged to that part of her character veiled from the outer world.
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The second phase was the dangerous one for Rita, and during a certain luncheon at Romanos her fate hung in the balance.
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