Definition of Volta
Alessandro (Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio) Conte Volta 1745–1827 Italian physicist
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\ˈväl-tə, ˈvōl-, ˈvȯl-\
Definition of Volta
river in western Africa that flows from Lake Volta, a reservoir in north central Ghana, south into the Bight of Benin — see red volta ◆Lake Volta, whose area is 3275 square miles (8515 square kilometers), receives the waters of the Black Volta and White Volta rivers.
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