Upper Volta

English

Etymology

From the Volta river, from Portuguese.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Proper noun

Upper Volta

(historical) A former country (1958-1984) in West Africa; now Burkina Faso.

Derived terms

Republic of Upper Volta
Upper Voltaic
Upper Voltan
Upper Voltese

Related terms

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)
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 f (Vérxnja Vólʹta)

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