Upper Voltanadj.n.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Upper Volta, an inland republic in West Africa (a former French colony whose independence was recognized in 1960, now called Burkina).
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > West Africa > specific countries
Guinean1607
Congoese1765
Liberian1823
Congolese1839
Gambian1864
Mali1906
Senegambian1911
Togolese1957
Mauritanian1959
Malian1963
Ivorian1966
Biafran1967
Upper Voltan1972
1972 N.Y. Times 28 Nov. 2/4 Horsemen from the Upper Voltan fringes of the Sahara called out, ‘Pa! Pa! Pompidou!’
1976 Facts on File 17 Apr. 269/3 Upper Voltan trade unions had welcomed the formation of the new government.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Upper Volta. Cf. Voltaic n. and adj.2
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Guinean1589
Kongo1600
Gambian1744
Guinea Negro1748
Congoese1765
Sierra Leonean1791
Congolese1800
Liberian1826
Guinea-man1830
Nigerian1860
Lagosian1897
Basenji1906
Ghanaian1949
assimilado1953
Mali1960
Malian1960
Katangese1962
Biafran1967
Zairean1972
Ivorian1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
Upper Voltan1975
Voltaic1976
1975 Congress. Q.: Editorial Research Rep. Daily Service 7 May For many Upper Voltans the real villain of the piece is not Mali but France.
1983 Times 25 Jan. 6/1 There are more than 500,000 immigrants from Niger, as well as..Togolese, Beninese, Upper Voltans and Chadians.
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