What is "rolla"

Rolla is an Italian surname and also a diminutive for the Toyota Corolla. It may refer to:

Rolla is an island in the municipality of Ibestad in Troms county, Norway. The island of Andørja lies to the northeast, the Vågsfjorden lies to the north and west, and the Astafjorden lies to the south. The highest point on the island of Rolla is Drangen at a height of . The population on Rolla (2001) is 1,078.

Rolla is connected to the neighboring island of Andørja by the undersea Ibestad Tunnel located in Hamnvik. Andørja is then connected to the mainland via the Mjøsund Bridge. There is a ferry connection from Sørrollnes on the western coast to the town of Harstad.

There are two main churches on the island: Ibestad Church in Hamnvik and Sørrollnes Chapel in Sørrollnes.

Rolla may refer to a number of sailing ships;

• Rolla, a 165-ton ( bm) 16 to 18-gun brig built in France in 1801. She twice received letters of marque in 1805, and may have made one trip as a slave ship.
• Rolla (1800), was built in 1800 at South Shields, England. She made one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. She then made a voyage for the British East India Company from China back to Britain. She leaves Lloyd's Register in 1858.
• Rolla (1803), a 118-ton (bm) brig built in Yarmouth
• Rolla (1804), a 225-ton (bm) snow built in America that received letters of marque in 1807 and 1810
• Rolla, an American privateer schooner, out of Baltimore, that HMS Loire captured on 10 December 1813
• Rolla, a 132-ton (bm) British privateer, that sank in January 1815 off Cape Cod with the loss of her entire crew of 42 men, and nine prisoners from prizes she had captured; she may have been the former American privateer schooner Rolla captured in 1813
• Rolla (1813), a 250-ton (bm) schooner built in A.P.
• Rolla (1816), a 196-ton (bm) brig built in North Provence
• Rolla (1819), a 130-ton (bm) brig built in Sunderland
• Rolla (1840), a 309-ton (bm) snow built in North Shields