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Orta, Møre og Romsdal Orta is an island in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies midway between the islands of Harøya and Gossa (island), Gossa in the Harøyfjorden. There are ferry connections from Orta to Sandøya, Møre og Romsdal ...

, an island in Aukra, Norway *

Orta, Çankırı Orta, formerly Kara Pazar, is a town in Çankırı Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Orta District Orta District is a district of the Çankırı Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Orta.

, a district of Çankırı Province, Turkey *Orta, a town near Rome which, in medieval contexts, may also be called

Orte Orte is a town, ''comune'', former Catholic bishopric and Latin titular see in the province of Viterbo, in the central Italian region of Lazio, located about north of Rome and about east of Viterbo. Geography Orte is situated in the Tiber V ...

Lake Orta Lake Orta (; Lombard and ) or Cusio (Lombard and ; ) is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore. It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius (4th century), the patron s ...

, in north Italy *

Orta di Atella Orta di Atella (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about southwest of Caserta. Orta di Atella borders the following municipalities: Caivano, Cr ...

, comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania *

Orta Nova Orta Nova is a town and ''comune'' about from Foggia, in the region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It stretches to the southern part of the ''Tavoliere'' (Foggia's plain) on the right bank of the river Carapelle. The origins of the name "Orta" ar ...

, town and comune from Foggia, in the region of Apulia, in southern Italy *

Orta San Giulio Orta San Giulio (Piedmontese and ) is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). ...

, a town on Lake Orta *

Orta, Tavas Orta is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tavas, Denizli Province Denizli Province () () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring province ...

, populates place in Denizli Province, Turkey

People

Garcia de Orta Garcia de Orta (or Garcia d'Orta; 1501–1568) was a Portuguese physician, herbalist, and naturalist, who worked primarily in Goa and Bombay in Portuguese India. A pioneer of tropical medicine, pharmacognosy, and ethnobotany, Garcia used an e ...

(1501 – 1568) Portuguese physician, herbalist and naturalist *

Jorge Orta Jorge Orta Núñez (born November 26, 1950) is a Mexican former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1972 to 1987 for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los A ...

(born 1950), Mexican Major League Baseball player *

Lucy Orta Lucy Orta (born 1966 in Sutton Coldfield, Great Britain) is an English contemporary visual artist living and working between London and Paris where she has resided since 1991. After graduating with an honours degree in fashion-knitwear design ...

, a British contemporary artist * Ramsey Orta, a friend of Eric Garner's who recorded on his cell phone the police murdering Garner

Other uses

* Orta (Janissary), a military rank of Janissaries * Orta, a fictional Italian village in the film ''

Captain Carey, U.S.A. ''Captain Carey, U.S.A.'' is a 1950 American crime film, crime thriller film, thriller film noir directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Alan Ladd and Wanda Hendrix. An American returns to post–World War II Italy to bring a traitor to justice. ...

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Office of Research and Technology Applications The Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) is an organizational structure established in United States federal laboratories through the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-480), specified in 15 USC § 3710. T ...

(ORTA), an organizational structure established in federal laboratories though the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-480)-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-480) *

Panzer Dragoon Orta ''Panzer Dragoon Orta'' is a 2002 rail shooter game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Xbox. The fourth '' Panzer Dragoon'' game, it was released in Japan in 2002 and in North America and Europe in 2003. The story follows a gi ...

, the describer and heroine of the fourth game in the Panzer Dragoon series * Oak Ridges Trail Association {{disambig