Volta
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views updated Jun 08 2018Volta West African river,
c.470km (290mi) long, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta rivers at New Tamale, central
Ghana. The river flows
s into the Gulf of
Guinea at Ada. In 1965, it was dammed at Akosombo to form Lake Volta.
World Encyclopedia
volta
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views updated May 17 2018volta (It.). 1. ‘Time’, in sense of
prima volta, 1st time.
2. Quick dance in triple time, also known as ‘Lavolta’, resembling galliard. A Lavolta is danced in Britten's
Gloriana.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE
