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Rota ("The Oath") is an early 20th-century Polish poem, [1] as well as a celebratory anthem, once proposed to be the Polish national anthem. Rota' s lyrics were written in 1908 by activist for Polish independence, poet Maria Konopnicka as a protest against German Empire 's policies of forced Germanization of Poles. [ 2 ]
Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte
Naval Station Rota, also known as NAVSTA Rota (IATA: ROZ, ICAO: LERT) (Spanish: Base Naval de Rota), is a Spanish-U.S. naval base commanded by a Spanish rear admiral. [2] Located in Rota in the Province of Cádiz , NAVSTA Rota is the largest American military community in Spain , housing U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel.
In Norse mythology, Róta is a valkyrie.Róta is attested in chapter 36 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, where she is mentioned alongside the valkyries Gunnr and Skuld, and the three are described as "always [riding] to choose who shall be slain and to govern the killings."
Rota, an extinct sea cucumber; see List of prehistoric sea cucumbers; Rota (papal signature), 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 in 1943
In medieval and ancient philosophy, the Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortunae is a symbol of the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna ( Greek equivalent: Tyche ) who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel: some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls.
An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.
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 city-dwellers.