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Volta
biographical name
Vol·ta
| \ ˈvōl-tə
, ˈväl-, ˈvȯl-\
, ˈväl-, ˈvȯl-\
Definition of Volta
(Entry 1 of 2)
Alessandro (Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio) Conte Volta 1745–1827 Italian physicist
Volta
geographical name
Vol·ta
| \ ˈväl-tə
, ˈvōl-, ˈvȯl-\
, ˈvōl-, ˈvȯl-\
Definition of Volta (Entry 2 of 2)
river in western Africa that flows from
Lake Volta, a reservoir in north central Ghana,
south into the Bight of Benin — see red volta
Note: 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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