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rota

Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊtə/

The English word “rota” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
  2. A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

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