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Noun: Upper Volta
Usage: archaic (=Burkina Faso)
  1. A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
    - Burkina Faso

Type of: country, land, state

Encyclopedia: Upper Volta

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