Rota

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rota"

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. An island in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅塔島／罗塔岛 (Luótǎ Dǎo)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• -ator, Rato, rato, aort-, oart, taro, Orta, RATO, Taro, Roat

Italian

Etymology

From rota (“wheel”).

Proper noun

Rota m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Rota

Anagrams

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

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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrota/ [ˈro.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: Ro‧ta

Proper noun

Rota f

1. Rota

Derived terms

• roteño

 

Further reading

• “Rota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28