Upper Volta

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Upper Volta

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Etymology

From the Volta river, from Portuguese.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Upper Volta

2. Former name of Burkina Faso: a country in West Africa, used from 1958-1984.

Derived terms

• Republic of Upper Volta
• Upper Voltaic
• Upper Voltan
• Upper Voltese

Related terms

• Voltaic
• Voltan

Translations

former name of Burkina Faso

Belarusian: Ве́рхняя Во́льта f (Vjérxnjaja Vólʹta) Bengali: আপার ভোল্টা (apar bhōlṭa) Bulgarian: Го́рна Во́лта f (Górna Vólta) Catalan: Alt Volta m Chinese: Mandarin: 上沃爾特 / 上沃尔特 (zh) (Shàng Wò'ěrtè), 上伏塔 (Shàng Fútǎ) Czech: Horní Volta f Danish: Øvre Volta n Dutch: Opper-Volta (nl) n Finnish: Ylä-Volta French: Haute-Volta (fr) f German: Obervolta (de) n Greek: Άνω Βόλτα (el) f or n (Áno Vólta) Hindi: अपर वोल्टा m (apar volṭā) Hungarian: Felső-Volta (hu) Indonesian: Volta Hulu Irish: Volta Uachtarach Italian: Alto Volta m Japanese: オートボルタ (Ōto-Boruta), オートヴォルタ (Ōto-Voruta) Korean: 오트볼타 (Oteubolta), 상부볼따 (Sangbuboltta) (North Korea) Lithuanian: Aukštutinė Volta f Macedonian: Го́рна Во́лта f (Górna Vólta) Persian: ولتای علیا (voltâ-ye 'olyâ) Polish: Górna Wolta (pl) f Portuguese: Alto Volta (pt) m Romanian: Volta Superioară f Russian: Ве́рхняя Во́льта f (Vérxnjaja Vólʹta) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Горња Волта f Roman: Gornja Volta Slovak: Horná Volta f Slovene: Zgornja Volta f Spanish: Alto Volta (es) m Swedish: Övre Volta c Ukrainian: Ве́рхня Во́льта (uk) f (Vérxnja Vólʹta)