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English noun: Volta

1. Volta (person) Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)


SynonymsConte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Count Alessandro Volta


Instance hypernymphysicist

2. Volta (object) a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin


Instance hypernymriver


Part meronymGhana, Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana









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