Carta is Latin and Italian for "

paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distribu ...

" and is Spanish and Portuguese " letter". In English it takes the form " card" or "

chart A chart (sometimes known as a graph) is a graphical representation for data visualization, in which "the data is represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart". A chart can represent ...

". Most of its uses pertain to its meaning as "paper", "chart", or "map", for example in ''

Magna Carta (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called (also ''Magna Charta''; "Great Charter"), is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by t ...

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Carta (publisher) Carta Jerusalem ( he, הוצאת כרטא, "Carta, The Israel Map & Publishing Company, Ltd") is an Israeli publisher of atlases and maps, primarily of biblical topics. Founded in 1958, it is the principal publisher of cartographic material in Is ...

, an Israeli publishing and mapping company *

Carta (software company) Carta (formerly eShares, Inc.) is a San Francisco, California-based technology company that specializes in capitalization table management and valuation software. The company digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, ...

, a software company from Palo Alto, California *

Carta (material) FR-2 (Flame Resistant 2) is a NEMA designation for synthetic resin bonded paper, a composite material made of paper impregnated with a plasticized phenol formaldehyde resin, used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards. Its main properties a ...

, a trade name for FR-2, a composite material used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards

People with the surname

Angelico Carta Angelico (Angelo) Carta (born 1886 in Riola Sardo) was an Italian military officer, best known for his actions during the Axis occupation of Crete in World War II. Biography Carta was an artillery officer and became commander of the 51st In ...

(1886-?), Italian military officer *

Antonella Carta Antonella Carta (born 1 March 1967 in Nuoro) is an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Italy women's national football team. She was part of the team at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 ...

(born 1967), Italian footballer *

Fabio Carta Fabio Carta (born 6 October 1977 in Turin) is an Italian short track speed skater who competed in the 1998, the 2002, and the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici in ...

(born 1977), Italian short track speed skater *

John Carta Giovanni Carta, also known as John Carta (Alghero, January 7, 1946 – Sacramento, September 29, 1990), was an Italian American airman and parachutist, veteran of the Vietnam War. He was nicknamed ''Birdman''. Carta was a Base Jumping pioneer an ...

(1946–1990), American parachutist *

Marco Carta Marco Carta (born 21 May 1985 in Cagliari, Italy) is an Italian singer. To date, he has sold more than 245,000 albums and 60,000 singles. Biography and career Early life and victory to ''Amici'' Marco Carta was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, in ...

(born 1985), Italian singer *

Maria Carta Maria Carta (24 June 1934 – 22 September 1994) was a Sardinian folk music singer-songwriter. She also performed in film and theatre. In 1975 she wrote a book of poetry, ''Canto rituale'' (Ritual Song). Throughout her 25-year career she cove ...

(1934–1994), Italian singer-songwriter

People with the surname

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