Kota

See also: kota, kóta, kòta, Kōta, kõta, and kôta

English

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• Kotah

Proper noun

Kota

1. A city in Rajasthan, India.

Translations

city

• Hindi: कोटा (hi) m (koṭā)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kota

1. A Dravidian language of the Nilgiri Mountains.

Translations

language

• Hindi: कोटा (hi) (koṭā)
• Kannada: ಕೊತ (kota)
• Odia: କୋଟା (or) (koṭā)
• Tamil: கோத்தர் (kōttar)
• Tulu: ಕೊತ (kota)

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

Kota (plural Kotas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kota is the 26873^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 904 individuals. Kota is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (70.02%) and White (24.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kota”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Akto, Kato, okta, tako

Japanese

Romanization

Kota

1. Rōmaji transcription of こた