Rata

Rata may refer to:

Biology

 * Some 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 (crab), a genus of crabs

Mythology

 * Rātā (Māori mythology)
 * Rata (Tahitian mythology)
 * Rata (Tuamotu mythology)
 * Laka, a figure in Hawaiian mythology

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
 * Rata (Bug), a tributary of the river Bug in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Rivers in Romania

 * Rața, a tributary of the Dâmbovnic in Argeș County
 * Rața, a tributary of the Izvorul Alb in Bacău County
 * Rața, a tributary of the Lunca in Harghita County
 * Rața, a tributary of the Uz in Bacău County

Other

 * Rata (name)
 * Rață
 * Rata ("rat"), nickname of the Polikarpov I-16 fighter in the Spanish Civil War
 * Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority, earlier in Finnish Rahoitustarkastuslaitos Rata
 * TxpA-RatA toxin-antitoxin system (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
 * Recording Arts Talent Awards, (1973-1976) a set of music awards in New Zealand, often shortened to RATA.