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Perdita (Italian for "loss", from Latin for "lost woman"), may refer to:

People

Perdita (given name), the history and usage of the name
Perdita Barran, English chemist
Perdita Buchan (born 1940), Anglo-American author
Perdita Felicien (born 1980), Canadian track athlete
Perdita Huston (1936–2001), American women's rights activist
Perdita Stevens (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist
Perdita Weeks (born 1985), British actress

Science

Perdita, a genus of North American native bees
Perdita (moon), a minor satellite of the planet Uranus

Fiction

Perdita (The Winter's Tale), the heroine of Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale
Perdita Boyte, a character from the 1936 novel And Berry Came Too by Dornford Yates
Perdita Hyde-Sinclair, a character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, a character in the Witches subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor character from the TV series The Haunting of Bly Manor
Queen Perdita of Vlatava, a character of the animated superhero series Young Justice
Perdita, a female Dalmatian dog in The Hundred and One Dalmatians, a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and the media franchise based on the novel; see 101 Dalmatians (disambiguation)
The Free Ship Perdita, a sky-sailing ship in the 1999 novel Stardust (1999) by Neil Gaiman

Other

Perdita (horse) (foaled 1881), English thoroughbred

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-'''Perdita''' (Latin for "lost"), may refer to:
+'''Perdita''' (Italian for "loss", from Latin for "lost woman"), may refer to:
+{{tocright}}
 ==People==
+*[[Perdita (given name)]], the history and usage of the name
+*[[Perdita Barran]], English chemist
 *[[Perdita Buchan]] (born 1940), Anglo-American author
 *[[Perdita Felicien]] (born 1980), Canadian track athlete
-*[[Perdita Huston]] (1936–2001), women's rights activist
+*[[Perdita Huston]] (1936–2001), American women's rights activist
-*[[Perdita Weeks]] (born 1985), English actress
+*[[Perdita Stevens]] (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist
+*[[Perdita Weeks]] (born 1985), British actress
 ==Science==
-*[[Perdita (genus)|''Perdita'' (genus)]], a genus of North American native bees
+*[[Perdita (bee)|''Perdita'']], a genus of North American native bees
 *[[Perdita (moon)]], a minor satellite of the planet Uranus
 ==Fiction==
+*[[Perdita (The Winter's Tale)|Perdita (''The Winter's Tale'')]], the heroine of Shakespeare's play ''The Winter's Tale''
-===Fictional characters===
+*Perdita Boyte, a character from the 1936 novel ''[[And Berry Came Too]]'' by Dornford Yates
-*[[Perdita (The Winter's Tale)|Perdita]], the heroine of Shakespeare's play ''The Winter's Tale''
-*Perdita Boyte, a character from the novel ''And Berry Came Too'' (1936), by [[Dornford Yates]].
+*[[Perdita Hyde-Sinclair]], a character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale''
-*[[Perdita Hyde-Sinclair]], a character from the British soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]].''
+*Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, a character in the ''[[Witches (Discworld)#Agnes Nitt|Witches]]'' subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
-*Perdita Lee, a character from [[Helen Oyeyemi]]'s novel, ''Gingerbread''; the daughter of Araminta Harriet Lee and granddaughter of Margot Lee.
+*Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor character from the TV series ''[[The Haunting of Bly Manor]]''
+*Queen Perdita of Vlatava, a character of the animated superhero series ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]''
-*Queen Perdita of Vlatava, a supporting character of ''[[Young Justice (TV series)]]'' in which she debuted in "Coldhearted" and was in danger of dying from a fatally weak heart, but was saved by [[Kid Flash (Wally West)|Kid Flash]]. She returns as a seventeen-year-old teenage queen in the ''[[Young Justice: Outsiders|Outsiders]]'' season and dating [[Beast Boy]]; appearing as a cameo in "Royal We" and a speaking role in "Nightmare Monkeys".
+*Perdita, a female Dalmatian dog in ''[[The Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and the media franchise based on the novel; see [[101 Dalmatians (disambiguation)]]
-*Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor character from the TV series ''[[The Haunting of Bly Manor]]'' and Viola Willoughby-Lloyd's younger sister.
+* The Free Ship Perdita, a sky-sailing ship in the 1999 novel ''[[Stardust (Gaiman novel)|Stardust]]'' (1999) by Neil Gaiman
-*Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld Book "Maskerade".
-===Fictional animals===
-*Perdita, female Dalmatian dog character in [[The Hundred and One Dalmatians]], 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and other adaptations:
-**[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]], 1961 animated film by Walt Disney
-**[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)]], a live-action film by Walt Disney Pictures
 ==Other==
-*[[Perdita II]] (foaled 1881), English thoroughbred
+*[[Perdita (horse)]] (foaled 1881), English thoroughbred
+==See also==
+* {{in title}}
-{{disambiguation}}
+{{disambiguation|given name}}
-[[Category:Disambiguation pages]]
-[[Category:Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists]]