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jota

/ˈxota/

noun, feminine/ˈxota/plural: jotas

jot; iota; The name of the Latin script letter J/j.; a jack in a deck of cards

Borrowed from Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”).

noun, feminine/ˈxota/plural: jotas

jota (Iberian folk dance); jota (music to which a jota is danced)

From older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“to dance”). Doublet of salta.