name
Meaning 1
A river in West Africa; in full, Volta River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
volta
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈvoʊltə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: volta
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homophone: Volta
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CMU ARPABET: V OW1 L T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of Lake Volta: a lake in West Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
Meaning 3
A census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from Italian, notably borne by Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta.
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noun
Meaning 5
A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 6
A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dance, dancing, entertainment, hobbies, lifestyle, music, sports
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Synonyms: levalto, volte
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noun
Meaning 7
A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
Meaning 8
a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: river
noun
Meaning 9
Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
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Broader terms: physicist
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Volta, from volta (“turnaround, return”); at some point of time the river marked the point of return for the Portuguese traders.
Borrowed from Italian Volta.
From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.
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