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 ({{circa|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) ({{floruit|70–64 BC}}), ancient Roman senator
- Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC) ({{floruit|122–119 BC}}), Roman senator, military commander, and consul
- Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 144 BC) ({{floruit|154–144 BC}}), Roman magistrate, tribune, and consul
- Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta ({{floruit|54 BC}}), officer in the Gallic army of Julius Caesar
- Marcus Aurelius Cotta (consul 74 BC) ({{floruit|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
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