Rota

See also: rota, rotá, rotà, rotą, ròta, rōta, röta, and rȫta

English

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

• rotal
• rota-man, Rota-man
• rota room, Rota-room

 

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Rota

1. (geography) An island in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Translations

island

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Further reading

• “Rota” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• -ator, RATO, Rato, Roat, Taro, rato, taro

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Italian

Etymology

From rota (“wheel”).

Proper noun

Rota ?

1. a surname, Rota

Descendants

• English: Rota

Anagrams

• Taro, Torà, arto, atro, rato, taro, tarò, torà

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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
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Rota was the only given name of 199 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrota/ [ˈro.t̪a]

Proper noun

Rota f

1. Rota

Derived terms

• roteño

Further reading

• “Rota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014