HV

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See also: hV, H.V., and hv

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

HV

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Upper Volta from 1974 to 1984.
    Synonyms: HVO (alpha-3 1974–1984), BF (1984–present, as Burkina Faso)

Usage notes[edit]

The code was deprecated in favour of BF on the renaming of the country to Burkina Faso.

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

HV (countable and uncountable, plural HVs)

  1. Initialism of high voltage.
  2. Initialism of high velocity.
  3. Initialism of herpesvirus.
  4. Initialism of holiday village.

Derived terms[edit]

(herpesvirus):