"Volta" meaning in Italian

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Proper name

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: 60 40 Disambiguation of Italian proper nouns with irregular gender: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Volta. Etymology templates: {{wp|it:+ (fiume)}}, {{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-Wh~wK7Go
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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