Upper Volta
Britishnoun
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But on Friday, only two ex-leaders showed up for the meeting: Compaore and Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, who ruled the country for nine months in 1982 and 1983, when the nation was known as Upper Volta.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
While in power, Sankara changed the name of his country from its colonial one, Upper Volta, to Burkina Faso, meaning the Land of Honest People.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2022
He renamed the country, changing it from Upper Volta, as labeled by France, to Burkina Faso, which means “the land of upright people” in Mossi, the language of the country’s largest ethnic group.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
As independence sweeps through Upper Volta in 1960, Bobo has the advantage of a railroad that connects the city to the port of Abidjan, in Côte d’Ivoire.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2018
Many of them come from about Salagha, the newly-opened mart upon the Upper Volta; they declare that the land breeds ostriches and elephants, cattle and camels, horses and asses.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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