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Look up rota in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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  • Rota is a Latin word, meaning wheel.
  • Rota can also be a wheel used for measuring distances along roads and railway lines. These wheel often come with a mechanical counter to simplifies the task of counting the number of revolutions, or better still, the number of yards or metres.
  • Rota is 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 (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
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  • Gian-Carlo Rota, a 20th-century Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher.
  • Nino Rota, a 20th-century Italian composer.
  • Claudio Rota, a 20th-century Italian-born scientist.

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Rota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (309 words)
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 (music), a name for a type of round, specifically as practiced in England in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Sacra Rota, a tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Nino Rota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (489 words)
Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979) was an Italian composer.
Rota was born into a musical family in Milan, and studied at the conservatory there under Ildebrando Pizzetti.
Rota's scores for Fellini have served as very recognizable inspiration for Danny Elfman's movie scores.
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