Cotta

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Cotta may refer to:

People

  • Aurelia Cotta (120–54 BC), mother of Julius Caesar
  • Bernhard von Cotta (1808–1879), German geologist
  • Carloto Cotta (born 1984), Portuguese actor
  • Elena Cotta (born 1931), Italian actress
  • Gaius Aurelius Cotta (c. 124–73 BC), ancient Roman statesman and orator
  • Heinrich Cotta (1763–1844), German silviculturist
  • Johann Friedrich Cotta (1764–1832), German publisher, industrial pioneer, and politician
  • Johann Friedrich Cotta (theologian) (1701–1779), German Lutheran theologian
  • John Cotta (1575–1650), English physician
  • Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 65 BC) (fl. 70–64 BC), ancient Roman senator
  • Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC) (fl. 122–119 BC), Roman senator, military commander, and consul
  • Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 144 BC) (fl. 154–144 BC), Roman magistrate, tribune, and consul
  • Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta (fl. 54 BC), officer in the Gallic army of Julius Caesar
  • Marcus Aurelius Cotta (consul 74 BC) (fl. 77–67 BC), Roman politician and general
  • Michèle Cotta (born 1937), French political journalist
  • Myron Joseph Cotta (born 1953), American Catholic bishop

Other uses

  • Ancient Roman town in Morocco
  • A surplice, an ecclesiastical garment (in Medieval Latin and Italian)
  • A lightweight underdress in Italian 15th-century fashion (cf. cotte)
  • Cotta (moth), a moth of the family Geometridae
  • Cotta Sandstone, a type of stone found in the Elbe Valley

See also

  • Dresden-Cotta railway station, Germany
  • Kata (disambiguation)
  • Terra Cotta (disambiguation)
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