Upper Volta

English

Etymology

From the Volta river, from Portuguese.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Upper Volta

1. (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

• 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)
• 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)