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ro⋅ta

1  [roh-tuh]
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–noun
1. Chiefly British.
a. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
b. an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
2. a roster.
3. Official name, Sacred Roman Rota. the ecclesiastical tribunal in Rome, constituting the court of final appeal.
Origin:
1650–60; < L: wheel
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ro⋅ta

2  [roh-tuh]
–noun
rote 2 .

Ro⋅ta

  [raw-tah]
–noun
Ni⋅no [nee-naw] , 1911–1979, Italian composer.

rote

2  [roht] ,
–noun Music.
crowd 2 .
Also, rota, rotta, rotte.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < OF < Frankish *hrota (cf. OHG hruozza); akin to crowd 2
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ro·ta   (rō'tə)   
n.  

  1. Chiefly British A roll call or roster of names.

  2. Chiefly British A round or rotation of duties.

  3. Rota Roman Catholic Church A tribunal of prelates that serves as an ecclesiastical court.


[Latin, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]
Ro·ta   (rō'tə, -tä)   
An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the southern Mariana Islands north of Guam. The Japanese used it as a base for their attack on Guam on December 8-11, 1941. Rota remained in Japanese hands until the end of the war.
Ro'ta·nese' (-nēz', -nēs') adj. & n.
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Word Origin & History

rote 
c.1300, in phrase bi rote "by heart," of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be connected with O.Fr. rote "route" (see route), or from L. rota "wheel" (see rotary), but O.E.D. calls both suggestions groundless.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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