Upper Volta

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Upper Vol·ta (v

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See Burkina Faso.

Upper Voltan adj. & n.

Upper Volta [ˈvɒltə]

(Placename) the former name (until 1984) of Burkina-Faso

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

Burkina Faso

Translations

Upper Volta [ˌʌpə^rˈvɒltə] n → Haute Volta f

Upper Volta n the Upper Volta → l'Alto Volta m

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Burkina Faso Burkina-Faso ECOWAS upper voltaic			Mbaye also pointed out that Africans came from Senegal and other French colonies such as Mali, Chad, Guinea, and the former Upper Volta, today Burkina Faso to fight in the war. Tribute paid to France's African troops by AFP / AFP Global Edition Clearly there has to be a cut-off point at which man can run no faster, but who's to say that some freak specimen from Upper Volta won't streak to the tape in 7. NATIONAL TREASURES; Bolt and Yang break new ground by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) It gained independence from France in 1960 and in 1984, its former name, the Republic of Upper Volta, was replaced by Burkina Faso, meaning "the country of honourable people" (3). CNA welcomes NANB as mentors in its international health partnerships by Campbell, Vicki / Info Nursing			upper hand Upper House upper jaw upper jawbone Upper Klamath Lake Upper leather upper limit upper mantle upper mordent Upper Palaeolithic Upper Palatinate Upper Paleolithic Upper Peninsula upper regions upper respiratory infection upper respiratory tract upper school upper side Upper Silesia Upper strake upper surface Upper ten thousand Upper topsail Upper transit Upper Tunguska Upper Volta upper works Upper world upper-case upper-case letter upper-class upper-crust upper-division upper-level upper-lower-class upper-middle-class Upper-Normandy uppercase upperclassman uppercut uppermost Uppertendom Uppile uppish uppishly uppishness uppity uppityness Upplight Uppluck UPPP			Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity Upper Valley Hockey League Upper Valley Housing Coalition Upper Valley Humane Society Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission Upper Valley Land Trust Upper Valley Materials Exchange Upper Valley Medical Center Upper Valley Mountain Bike Association Upper Valley Neurology Neurosurgery Upper Valley Skating Association Upper Valley Substance Abuse Foundation Upper Valley Swing Dance Network Upper Valley Teacher Institute Upper Valley Trails Alliance Upper Valley United Way Upper Valley Waldorf School Upper Valley Young Marines Upper Valley Zen Center Upper Valley-Lake Sunapee Council Upper Vienne Upper Vienne Upper Volga Lakes Upper Volga Reservoir Upper Volta Upper Voltan Upper Voltan Upper Water Bearing Zone Upper Watershed Management Project Upper West Commerce Association Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Upper West Region Upper West Side Upper Westchester Muslim Society Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association Upper White River Watershed Alliance Upper Winds Upper Winds Upper Winds and Upper Air Temperatures Upper Woburn Place Upper Woburn Place upper works Upper World Upper Yamuna Review Committee Upper Yarra Community House Inc. Upper Yarra Reserves Committee of Management Upper Yarra Secondary College Upper Yellowstone Watershed Basin Upper Yield Point Upper Yosemite Fall Upper Yosemite Fall Upper Yukon Upper Yukon Valley

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