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cotta¹

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From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).

noun cottas

  1. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none. She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta.
  2. A kind of coarse woolen blanket.

cotta²

noun cottas

  1. alternative Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”).

Cotta³

proper noun

  1. A barangay of the city of Lucena, Quezon, Philippines.

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"cotta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cotta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cotta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cotta

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"cotta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cotta.

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@misc{cotta_2026,
  title = {cotta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cotta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}