"Volta" meaning in All languages combined

See Volta on Wiktionary

Proper name [Catalan]

Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Volta, from volta (“turnaround, return”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ca|pt|Volta}} Borrowed from Portuguese Volta Head templates: {{ca-proper noun|m}} Volta m
  1. Volta (a river in West Africa) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Rivers in Africa Derived forms: Alt Volta

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Portuguese Volta, from volta (“turnaround, return”); at some point of time the river marked the point of return for the Portuguese traders. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|Volta}} Portuguese Volta Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} Volta
  1. Ellipsis of Volta River.: A river in West Africa, having given name to Upper Volta. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Volta River (extra: A river in West Africa, having given name to Upper Volta) Categories (place): Rivers in Africa
    Sense id: en-Volta-en-name-Tnm3415q
  2. Ellipsis of Lake Volta.: A lake in West Africa Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Lake Volta (extra: A lake in West Africa) Categories (place): Lakes Derived forms: Black Volta, Lake Volta, Lower Volta, Proto-Volta-Niger, Red Volta, Upper Volta (alt: new name: Burkina Faso), Volta Basin, Volta River, White Volta
    Sense id: en-Volta-en-name-uD9lznkS
  3. A census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States. Categories (place): Census-designated places in California, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Volta-en-name-fBlEpFqs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 77 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 6 62 5 4 2 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 6 68 3 3 1 1 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Forms: Voltas [plural]
Etymology: From Italian Volta. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Volta}} Italian Volta Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Volta (plural Voltas)
  1. A surname from Italian. Derived forms: volt, voltage, voltaic
    Sense id: en-Volta-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Italian]

IPA: /ˈvɔl.ta/
Rhymes: -ɔlta Etymology: Converged from different nicknames, including volpe (“fox”) and volta (“a turn, rotation, spin”). Head templates: {{it-proper noun|mfbysense}} Volta m or f by sense
  1. a surname Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Derived forms: volt, voltaggio, voltaico
    Sense id: en-Volta-it-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Italian links with redundant alt parameters, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian surnames, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Italian proper nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Italian proper nouns with irregular gender: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [Italian]

Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Volta. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|pt|Volta}} Borrowed from Portuguese Volta Head templates: {{it-proper noun|m}} Volta m
  1. Volta: A river in West Africa Tags: masculine Categories (place): Rivers in Africa
    Sense id: en-Volta-it-name-ST~h7AXX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Portuguese]

Etymology: From volta (“turnaround, return”); at some point of time the river marked the point of return for the Portuguese traders. Head templates: {{head|pt|proper noun}} Volta
  1. Volta: Ellipsis of Rio Volta (“Volta River”).; A river in West Africa Categories (place): Rivers in Africa
    Sense id: en-Volta-pt-name-WiFuQazK Categories (other): Portuguese ellipses
  2. Volta: Ellipsis of Lago Volta (“Lake Volta”).; A lake in West Africa Categories (place): Lakes
    Sense id: en-Volta-pt-name-bCQAjw6V Categories (other): Portuguese ellipses, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Alto Volta, Lago Volta, Volta Branco, Volta Negro, Volta Vermelho

Proper name [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|proper nouns|g=?|g2=|g3=|head=}} Volta ?, {{es-proper noun}} Volta ?
  1. Volta (river)
    Sense id: en-Volta-es-name-sh29w~Zi Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
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