UPPER VOLTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Upper Volta mean? 

• UPPER VOLTA (noun)
  The noun UPPER VOLTA has 1 sense:

1. a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960

  Familiarity information: UPPER VOLTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPPER VOLTA (noun)

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Meaning:

A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Burkina Faso; Upper Volta

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)