What is "margherita"

Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. As a word, in Italian it means "daisy". As a name, it may refer to:

• Margherita Aldobrandini (1588–1646), Duchess consort of Parma
• Margherita de' Medici (1612–1679), Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
• Margherita Maria Farnese (1664-1718), Duchess of Modena and Reggio
• Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma (1847-1893)
• Margherita of Savoy (1851–1926), former Queen Consort of Italy and wife of Umberto I
• Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born 1930)
• Margherita Bagni (1902–1960), Italian actress
• Margherita Piazzola Beloch (1879–1976), Italian mathematician
• Margherita Boniver (born 1938), Italian politician
• Margherita Buy (born 1962), Italian actress
• Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), Italian painter of still lifes
• Margherita Carosio (1908–2005), Italian operatic soprano
• Margherita Durastanti (fl. 1700–1734), Italian singer
• Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912), Italian pianist and composer
• Margherita Gargano (born 1952), Italian middle-distance runner
• Margherita Gonzaga (disambiguation)
• Margherita Granbassi (born 1979), Italian fencer
• Margherita Grandi (1894–1972), Australian-born Italian soprano born Margaret Gard
• Margherita Guidacci (1921–1992), Italian poet
• Margherita Hack (1922–2013), Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer
• Margherita Magnani (born 1987), Italian middle-distance runner
• Margherita Roberti, American operatic soprano whose career began in 1948 and ended in 1988
• Margherita Sarfatti (1880–1961), Italian journalist and mistress of Benito Mussolini
• Margherita Zalaffi (born 1966), Italian fencer

Margherita is a feminine given name.

Margherita may also refer to:

Margherita (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Margherita is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.

"Margherita" is an Italian ballad song written by Marco Luberti and Riccardo Cocciante, arranged by Vangelis and performed by Riccardo Cocciante. It was the first single from the Cocciante's 1976 album Concerto per Margherita.

The song premiered in the RAI television program Adesso Musica. The single peaked at the first place on the Italian singles chart, and is considered as the song which definitely consecrated Cocciante to fame following the success of the 1974 single " Bella senz'anima". According to Luberti, the lyrics were written straight at 4:00 A.M.

In 1978 Cocciante released the Spanish, French and English-language versions of the song, respectively titled "Margarita", "Marguerite" and "Just For You". The song was later covered by several artists, including Mina and Fiorella Mannoia. In 1999 and in 2006, Cocciante performed the song out of competition at the Sanremo Music Festival.