Rata
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Rata may refer to:
Biology
- Plants of the genus Metrosideros from New Zealand, including:
- Metrosideros albiflora (Large white rātā)
- Metrosideros bartlettii (Bartlett's rātā or Cape Reinga white rātā)
- Metrosideros carminea (Carmine rātā)
- Metrosideros colensoi (Colenso's rātā)
- Metrosideros_diffusa (White rātā)
- Metrosideros fulgens (Scarlet rātā)
- Metrosideros parkinsonii (Parkinson's rātā)
- Metrosideros perforata (Small white rātā)
- Metrosideros robusta (Northern rātā)
- Metrosideros umbellata (Southern rātā)
- The mangosteen tree Garcinia dulcis of Indonesia
- Rata (genus), a genus of crabs
Mythology
- Rātā (Māori mythology)
- Rata (Tahitian mythology)
- Rata (Tuamotu mythology)
- Laka (Hawaiian mythology) - Laka is a cognate form of the name Rata in Hawaiian
People
- Matiu Rata, New Zealand politician
- Te Rata Mahuta, Māori king
- Mariana Raţă, Moldovan journalist
- Rasmus Tantholdt, Danish Correspondent.
Places
- Rata, New Zealand, near Hunterville
- Tanah Rata, a town in Malaysia
- Malaya Rata, a region of Sri Lanka
- Maya Rata, medieval kingdom in Sri Lanka
- Te Rata Bridge, New Zealand
Rivers in Romania
Other
- Rata ("rat"), nickname of the Polikarpov I-16 fighter in the Spanish Civil War
- Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority, earlier in Finnish Rahoitustarkastuslaitos Rata
- RatA (RNA anti-toxin A)
- Rata Blanca, an Argentinian heavy metal band
- Rata Blanca (album), their 1988 album
- Rata Blanca VII, their 1997 album
- Rata railway station, a former station on the North Island Main Trunk, New Zealand