Rota
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An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the southern Mariana Islands north of Guam. The Japanese used it as a base for their attack on Guam on December 8-11, 1941. Rota remained in Japanese hands until the end of the war.
Rotanese Ro'ta·nese' (-nēz', -nēs') adj. & n.
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