Ritu

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin^[1] romanization of the Mandarin 日土 (Rìtǔ).

• Jih-t'u (Wade–Giles)

• enPR: rœ′to͞o′
• Hyphenation: Ri‧tu

Ritu

1. Synonym of Rutog; a place in Tibet, China: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1984, John Yin, “Health and Human Services”, in Government of Socialist China‎^[2], University Press of America, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 422:

     Among the 343 counties, 143 have per capita income above 200 yuan, 22 above 300, and 5 above 400. The highest is recorded in the Tibetan region whose Ritu county has scored 488.47 yuan.

   • 1990 May, Xia Bin, “Terranes of Xizang (Tibet), China”, in Thomas J. Wiley, David G. Howell, Florence L. Wong, editors, Terrane Analysis of China and the Pacific Rim‎^[3], volume 13, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 235, column 1:

     At Duoma, in Ritu County, the early Early Permian Qudi formation contains coldwater fossils including Oriocrassaella intermedia lamel libranchs.

   • 2022 May 13, Trinley Choedon, Roseanne Gerin, “Bridge in disputed territory between China and India sparks concern”, in Tenzin Dickyi, transl., Radio Free Asia‎^[4], archived from the original on 13 May 2022:

     The bridge will cut the travel distance between the PLA position and a military base in Rutog (in Chinese, Ritu) county, Ngari prefecture, in far-western Tibet Autonomous Region by about 150 kilometers (93 miles), making it easier for Chinese troops to counter Indian forces if future flare-ups arise.

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋतु (ṛtu).

Ritu (plural Ritus)

1. (South Asia) A female given name.

• Turi, URTI

Diminutive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈritu/, [ˈrit̪u]
• Rhymes: -itu
• Syllabification^(key): Ri‧tu
• Hyphenation^(key): Ri‧tu

Ritu

1. a diminutive of the female given names Ritva or Riitta

• The given name Ritu belongs to 13 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.