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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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, December 8–11, 1941. Rota remained in Japanese hands until the end of the war.
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ROTA, Spain - Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 departed Rota, Spain, to their Deployment For Training site in Latvia.
Homepage 2010
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ROTA, Spain - Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 departed Rota, Spain, to their Deployment For Training site in Latvia.
Homepage By Yan Kennon 2010
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ROTA, Spain - Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 departed Rota, Spain, to their Deployment For Training site in Latvia.
Homepage 2010
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But seriously, although Carlo Rota is hawt and an excellent actor, how do you depict the friction skin colour causes with pasty skin like that?
Whoa, what? fantasyecho 2008
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He was evacuated from Kuwait and died as a result of a sudden illness. (in Rota Spain on March 26, 2003)
Gulf War II 2003
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The Department of Defense announced today the identity of a soldier who died on March 26, 2003, in Rota, Spain.
Gulf War II 2003
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The origin of the name Rota is uncertain and has been a matter of discussion; it occurs first in 1336.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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HEROES DEL SILENCIO – El Espiritu Del Vino – A hard rock CD I picked up while stationed in Rota, Spain.
Except You Go Through Shadow - Memories of a Wraith author - Plus more...Johnette, etc. deep_bluze 2004
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In addition, the Mariana crow Corvus kubaryi occurred only on Guam and a small nearby island called Rota.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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In addition, the Mariana crow Corvus kubaryi occurred only on Guam and a small nearby island called Rota.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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