WHITE VOLTA RIVER

Meaning of WHITE VOLTA RIVER in English

River, Burkina Faso and Ghana, western Africa.

It rises in Burkina Faso (where it is known as the Nakanbe) and flows southwest for about 400 mi (640 km) to empty into Lake Volta in Ghana. It is a headstream of the Volta River .

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WHITE VOLTA RIVER — River, Burkina Faso and Ghana, western Africa. It rises in Burkina Faso (where it is known as the Nakanbe) and …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE VOLTA RIVER — also called (in Burkina Faso) Nakambe River, French Volta Blanche, headstream of the Volta River in West Africa. It rises …
Britannica English vocabulary
VOLTA — n 1. [Man.] volt; 2. vault (= arched ceiling or roof) Volta, Alessandro npr [1745-1827; physicist after whom the volt …
Interlingua English vocab
VOLTA — I. biographical name Alessandro (Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio) Conte ~ 1745-1827 Italian physicist, II. geographical name river W Africa flowing from
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
VOLTA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Volta River Volta Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta Lake {{link=White Volta River">White Volta River
Английский словарь Британика
RIVER — I Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIVER — I. ˈrivə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, river, from Old French rivere, riviere riverbank, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOLTA — ˈvōltə, ˈväl- noun or vol·te -tā ( plural volte ) Etymology: volta from Italian, turn, lavolta, from voltare to turn; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOLTA — (n.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, …
Английский словарь Webster
VOLTA — ( n. ) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VOLTA — /vohl"teuh/ or, It. /vawl"tah/ for 1; /vol"teuh, vohl"-/ for 2 , n. 1. Count Alessandro /ah'les sahn"drddaw/ , 1745-1827, Italian …
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VOLTA — /vohl"teuh, vol"-/ ; It. /vawl"tah/ , n. , pl. volte /-tay/ ; It. /-te/ . Music. turn; time (used in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIVER — river 1 — riverless , adj. — riverlike , adj. /riv"euhr/ , n. 1. a natural stream of water of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VOLTA — n. turn, time (Music)
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VOLTA — n. large river flowing from Ghana in central Africa south towards the Gulf of Guinea; family name; Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VOLTA — I. ˈvōl-tə, ˈväl-, ˈvȯl- biographical name Alessandro (Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio) Conte Volta 1745-1827 Italian physicist II. ˈväl-tə, ˈvōl-, ˈvȯl- geographical …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVER — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * riparia, from Latin, feminine of riparius …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
VOLTA — noun a turning; a time; chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, …
Webster English vocab
RIVER — noun one who rives or splits. 2. river ·vi to hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIVER — [riv.er] n, often attrib [ME rivere, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL riparia, fr. L, fem. of riparius riparian, fr. ripa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIVER — any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, bank). Modern usage …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VOLTA — I Volta lake and river BrE AmE ˈvɒlt ə AmE ˈvoʊlt ə II Volta physicist BrE AmE ˈvəʊlt ə ˈvɒlt- …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VOLTA — volta dance, piece of music, 'time, turn' BrE AmE ˈvɒlt ə AmE ˈvoʊlt ə ˈvɑːlt- —Italian [ ˈvɔl ta \] …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIVER — river, River BrE AmE ˈrɪv ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ river|s z ▶ ˈ river ˌ basin BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIVER — / ˈrɪvə(r); NAmE / noun 1. ( abbr. R. ) a natural flow of water that continues in a long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIVER — riv ‧ er S2 W2 /ˈrɪvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
RIVER — n.1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIVER — ( rivers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A river is a large …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a river valley ▪ The route passes through beautiful wooded river valleys. an ocean/sea/river current …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIVER — [noun] [C] - a natural wide stream of fresh water flowing across the land into the sea, a lake, or …
Cambridge English vocab
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIVER — Aare River Aar River Achelous River Adda River Adige River Adour River Aguán River Agusan River Alabama River Aliákmon River …
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RIVER — n. Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VOLTA — n. Upper Volta Volta River Volta Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta Lake White Volta River
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIVER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , great , large , long , mighty , wide ▪ the mighty River Nile ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RIVER — n. 25B6; noun WATERCOURSE, waterway, tributary, stream, rivulet, brook, inlet, rill, runnel, freshet; Scottish & N. English burn; N. English …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHITE — adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy, milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary Many buildings in the tropics are …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIVER — In the sense in which we employ the word viz. for a perennial stream of considerable size, a river is …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VOLTA — Volta
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VOLTA — Volta
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RIVER
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VOLTA — Вольта
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — white.ogg 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VOLTA — n геогр. р. Вольта
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RIVER
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля ( в факсимильной связи ) • - base …
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