Dictionary.com
definitions

Upper Volta

noun
  1. former name of Burkina Faso.
Related formsUpper Voltan, adjective, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for upper volta

Upper Volta

noun
  1. the former name (until 1984) of Burkina Faso
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012