HyperDic: upper_volta

English > 1 sense of the expression Upper Volta:
NOUNlocationUpper Volta, Burkina Fasoa desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa
English > Upper Volta: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960.
SynonymBurkina Faso
Instance ofcountry, state, landThe territory occupied by a nation
SpanishBurkina Faso, Burkina
CatalanBurkina Faso, Burkina

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