Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish (Rare) Pronounced Pron. lah-REE-tah [key] Meaning & History Spanish diminutive of Lara 1.
Save Gender Feminine Usage African American, Theatre Meaning & History Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Rita. This was used by Noël Coward for a character in his play Easy Virtue (1924), which was adapted into a silent film in 1928 as well as a 2006 film.