Rota

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Rota may refer to:

• Rota , the feminine form of the Chilean term roto
• Róta, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, who chose those who were about to die on the battle-field
• Rota (architecture), a cylinder, open on one side, that was built inside a wall of a monastery; it was used for exchanging mail and food with cloistered clergy, being their only communication with the world
• Rota (formation), a military unit in old-time Poland
• Rota (music), a name for a type of round, specifically as practiced in England in the 13th and 14th centuries. The term is Latin for "wheel"
• Rota (poem), Polish poem and anthem, once proposed to be the Polish national anthem
• Rota (schedule) or rosta is a table that shows what times certain things are going to happen and normally is referred to staffs shift times
• Rota (The oath), a poem written by Maria Konopnicka, sung to the music by Feliks Nowowiejski
• Rota (volcano), a volcano in Nicaragua
• Rota Club, a political club in circa 1702 in London. Its members proposed radical political reform, and the club is mentioned as an enemy of the state in Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub
• Rotary International, a service club
• Sacra Rota, a tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Rota (papal signature), a sign which makes up part of the pope's signature
• Rota, a collection of poems by A. W. Yrjänä

Places

• Rota (island), the 4th most populated island of the Marianas archipelago.
• Rota, Spain, a town in Spain
• Naval Station Rota, Spain, the largest U.S. Naval base in Spain
• Rota (volcano), volcano in Nicaragua

People

• Anthony Rota, a Member of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons
• Gian-Carlo Rota, a 20th-century Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher.
• Nino Rota, a 20th-century Italian composer
• Carlo Rota, Canadian chef and actor