Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - rota

 noun  Etymology: Latin, wheel — more at roll  Date: 1619  1. capitalized Medieval Latin, from Latin a tribunal of the papal curia exercising jurisdiction especially in matrimonial cases appealed from diocesan courts  2. chiefly British  a. a fixed order of ~tion (as of persons or duties)  b. a roll or list of persons ; roster ROTA  I. biographical name Nino 1911-1979 Italian composer  II. geographical name  1. island W Pacific at S end of the Marianas area 35 square miles (91 square kilometers)  2. town & port SW Spain on the Atlantic NW of Cadiz