Rota or ROTA may refer to:

Places

* Rota (island), in the Marianas archipelago *

Rota (volcano) Rota is a stratovolcano located in the western part of Nicaragua. See also * List of volcanoes in Nicaragua References

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, in Nicaragua * Rota, Andalusia, a town in Andalusia, Spain *

Naval Station Rota, Spain Naval Station Rota, also known as NAVSTA Rota ( es, Base Naval de Rota, links=no), is a Spanish-American naval base commanded by a Spanish Rear Admiral. Located in Rota in the Province of Cádiz, NAVSTA Rota is the largest American military com ...

People

Rota (surname) Rota is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfredo Rota * Anthony Rota (born 1961), Canadian Member of Parliament * Carlo Rota (born 1961), Canadian chef and actor * Cristina Rota * Darcy Rota * Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999), I ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name) *

Rota Waitoa Rota Waitoa (? – 22 July 1866) was a New Zealand Anglican clergyman, of Māori descent. Waitoa identified with the Ngati Raukawa iwi. He was born in Waitoa, Waikato, New Zealand. Waitoa's ordination as deacon at St Paul's, Auckland, on 2 ...

(died 1866), New Zealand Anglican clergyman

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Rota'' (poem), once proposed to be the national anthem of Poland * ''Rota'', a collection of poems by

A. W. Yrjänä Aki Ville Yrjänä (born 30 July 1967 in Kemi), better known by the stage name, A. W. Yrjänä (), is a poet and the singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the Finnish rock band CMX. In addition to his musical work, he has published five ...

* Rota, a type of round (music)

Organizations

* Rota (formation), an infantry or cavalry unit *

Reach Out To Asia Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development ( ar, مؤسسة قطر) is a state-led non-profit organization in Qatar, founded in 1995 by then-emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Moza bint Nasser. Qatar Founda ...

, a non-governmental organization based in Qatar * Roman Rota, the highest appellate tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar (Portuguese for '' Tobias de Aguiar Ostensive Patrols'') are patrols, mostly known by their acronym ROTA. They are the special force of the São Paulo Military Police, which focus on flexibility and fast reacti ...

, a military police force in São Paulo *

Rota Club The Rota Club was a debate society of learned gentlemen who debated republican ideology in London between November 1659 and February 1660. The Club was founded and dominated by James Harrington. It began during the English Interregnum (1649–1660 ...

, a 1659–1660 London debate society *

Royal Rota The Royal Rota is the press pool that covers the British royal family. The Royal Rota is made up of a select group of media representatives that are invited to attend and report on royal events, with the understanding that the news and photogra ...

, the press pool for the British Royal Family

Other uses

Rota (architecture) The rota or "turn" is a cylinder, open on one side, that is built inside a wall of a monastery, nunnery or foundling hospital. It was used for exchanging mail and food with cloistered clergy, being their only communication with the world. ...

, a rotating cylinder built into a wall, used for exchanging mail and food with cloistered clergy * ''Rota'' (genus), an extinct sea cucumber; see

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Rota (papal signature) The ''rota'' is one of the symbols used by the pope to authenticate documents such as papal bulls. It is a cross inscribed in two concentric circles. Pope Leo IX was the first pope to use it. The four inner quadrants contain: " ''Petrus''", ...

, a sign which makes up part of the pope's signature * Róta, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology * Rota, a term for a schedule (workplace), a list of employees who are working on any given day, week, or month * Rota, a lion presented to

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

in 1943 * ''Rota'', the feminine form of the Chilean term ''

roto ''Roto'', f. ''rota'', (literally "torn" or "broken") is a term used to refer to Chilean people and in particular to the common Chilean. In Chile from the start of the 20th century it was applied with a negative classist connotation to poor ci ...

'' (literally "broken"), used to refer contemptuously to poor city-dwellers in Chile * Return on total assets, a financial ratio; See Return on assets * '' Rota Fortunae'', a concept in medieval and ancient philosophy * Rota system, a system of collateral succession * The Rota, the collection of golf courses that host The Open Championship * includes the ideogram