UPPER VOLTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960

Synonyms:

Burkina Faso; Upper Volta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

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