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1 American  
[vohl-tuh, vol-, vawl-tah] / ˈvoʊl tə, ˈvɒl-, ˈvɔl tɑ /

noun

Music.

plural

volte

  1. turn; time (used in phrases).

    una volta (“once”);

    prima volta (“first time”).
Volta 2 American  
[vohl-tuh, vawl-tah, vol-tuh, vohl-] / ˈvoʊl tə, ˈvɔl tɑ, ˈvɒl tə, ˈvoʊl- /

noun

  1. Count Alessandro 1745–1827, Italian physicist.

  2. a river in W Africa, in Ghana, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta and flowing S into the Bight of Benin. About 250 miles (400 km) long; with branches about 1,240 miles (1,995 km) long.

Volta 1 British  
/ ˈvɒltə /

noun

  1. a river in W Africa, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta in N central Ghana: flows south to the Bight of Benin: the chief river of Ghana. Length: 480 km (300 miles); (including the Black Volta) 1600 km (1000 miles)

  2. an artificial lake in Ghana, extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles)

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volta 2 British  
/ ˈvɔlta, ˈvɒltə /

noun

  1. a quick-moving Italian dance popular during the 16th and 17th centuries

  2. a piece of music written for or in the rhythm of this dance, in triple time

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Volta 3 British  
/ ˈvɔlta, ˈvəʊltə /

noun

  1. Count Alessandro (alesˈsandro). 1745–1827, Italian physicist after whom the volt is named. He made important contributions to the theory of current electricity and invented the voltaic pile (1800), the electrophorus (1775), and an electroscope

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Volta Scientific  
/ vōl′tə /

  1. Italian physicist who in 1800 invented the voltaic pile, which was the first source of continuous electric current. The volt unit of electromotive force is named for him.

Etymology

Origin of volta

1635–45; < Italian: a turn; volt 2

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Among those who have opposed the name change is parliament's minority leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who called it a betrayal of the Volta Region, Kotoka's home.

From BBC

The Dane will then head to the Volta a Catalunya from March 23-29.

From Barron's

Evenepoel has been in fine form this year, also winning the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana stage race earlier this month.

From Barron's

As we headed upriver along the Volta it was soothing to look out the window and see the sun bounce off its ripples.

From Literature

People called it different names according to their languages, but when the white men came in the colonial days, they named it the Volta.

From Literature

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