Rota
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rota"
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Italian Rota, from Latin Rota, from Latin rota (“wheel”).
Proper noun
[edit]Rota (countable and uncountable, plural Rotas)
- (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.
- 1728, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia, s.v. "Rota":
- (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.
- (countable) A surname from Italian.
- A town in Andalusia, Spain.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "rota, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rota
- An island in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Translations
[edit]island
Further reading
[edit]- “Rota” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rota (“wheel”).
Proper noun
[edit]Rota m or f by sense
- a surname
Descendants
[edit]- English: Rota
Anagrams
[edit]Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From rota (“adornment”).
Proper noun
[edit]Rota f
- a female given name
References
[edit]- 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.
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rota f
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Rota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ota
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