DOTA

DOTA or Dota may refer to:

Geography

• Dota (canton), a canton in the province of San José, Costa Rica

Literary criticism

• Death of the Author, an essay by literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes

Medicine

• The Declaration of the Americas on Diabetes (DOTA 1996). This is one of several regional declarations co-sponsored by the World Health Organization and the International Diabetes Federation, the first being the St. Vincent Declaration (WHO EURO 1989).
• DOTA (chelator), a chemical
  • DOTA-TATE, a substance used in cancer treatment
  • 90Y-DOTA-biotin, another substance used in cancer treatment

Video games

• Defense of the Ancients, a custom scenario for the video game Warcraft III
  • Dota 2, the stand-alone sequel to the previously listed game, developed on the Source engine
  • "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA", a song by Basshunter based on the previously listed game
• Dota (genre), multiplayer online battle arena subgenre, sometimes simply called "Dota"