"Rota" meaning in English

See Rota in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Rotas [plural]
Etymology: From Italian Rota, from Latin Rota, from Latin rota (“wheel”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|Rota}} Italian Rota, {{der|en|la|Rota}} Latin Rota, {{der|en|la|rota|t=wheel}} Latin rota (“wheel”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Catholicism
    Sense id: en-Rota-en-name-ep7cBPUO Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
  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. Tags: UK, countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable Derived forms: rotal, rota-man, Rota-man, rota room, Rota-room
    Sense id: en-Rota-en-name-D92wePrs Categories (other): British English
  3. (countable) A surname from Italian. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Rota-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English surnames
  4. A town in Andalusia, Spain. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Spain, Towns in Spain
    Sense id: en-Rota-en-name-cT9rNfke
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Rota Island}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rota
  1. An island in the Northern Mariana Islands. Categories (place): Islands, Places in the Northern Mariana Islands Translations (island): 羅塔島 (Chinese Mandarin), 罗塔岛 (Luótǎ Dǎo) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Rota-en-name-UFATDNrY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 10 4 1 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 5 3 1 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 13 7 10 3 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 5 7 2 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 22 9 4 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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