Rota

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rota"

English

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Etymology 1

From Italian Rota, from Latin Rota, from Latin rota (“wheel”).

Proper noun

Rota (countable and uncountable, plural Rotas)

  1. (Catholicism) A branch of the papal Curia which serves as an appellate court in ecclesiastical cases, including cases of marriage nullity.
    • 1728, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia, s.v. "Rota":
      The Rota consists of twelve Doctors, chosen out of the four Nations of Italy, France, Spain, and Germany.
  2. (UK, historical or obsolete) A club established by James Harrington in 1659 to advocate term limits and rotation of government offices; other similar clubs of the era.
  3. (countable) A surname from Italian.
  4. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
Derived terms

Further reading

  • "rota, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rota

  1. An island in the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Italian

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Etymology

From rota (“wheel”).

Proper noun

Rota m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants

  • English: Rota

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From rota (“adornment”).

Proper noun

Rota f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Rota was the only given name of 199 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrota/
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: Ro‧ta

Proper noun

Rota f

  1. Rota

Derived terms

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