Carta
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Carta is Latin and Italian for "paper
" and is Spanish and Portuguese "Letter". In English it takes the form "card" or "chart
". That said, most of its uses pertain to its meaning as "paper", "chart", or "map", for example in Magna Carta
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Paper
Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
" and is Spanish and Portuguese "Letter". In English it takes the form "card" or "chart
Chart
A chart is a graphical representation of data, in which "the data is represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart"...
". That said, most of its uses pertain to its meaning as "paper", "chart", or "map", for example in Magna Carta
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions, which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date. The charter first passed into law in 1225...
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Other uses
- Center for Academic Research and Training in AnthropogenyCenter for Academic Research and Training in AnthropogenyThe Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny ' is an Organized Research Unit at the University of California, San Diego...
(CARTA), University of California, San Diego - Charleston Area Regional Transportation AuthorityCharleston Area Regional Transportation AuthorityThe Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority provides area residents and visitors public transportation within parts of Charleston and Dorchester Counties. This would include the City of Charleston, City of North Charleston , Mt...
- Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation AuthorityChattanooga Area Regional Transportation AuthorityThe Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority is the mass transit provider for Chattanooga, Tennessee and its vicinity....
- Carta, an IsraeliIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
publishing and mapping company - Carta, a post-rock band from San Francisco, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
- Carta d'Armenia, a 500 year old paper incense produced in Florence