VOLTE

VOLTA

Volta

(noun) a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin

Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta

(noun) Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

VoLTE (uncountable)

(telecommunications) voice over long term evolution

Anagrams

• tovel, volet

Noun

volte (plural voltes)

Alternative form of volta

Anagrams

• tovel, volet

Source: Wiktionary


VOLTA

Vol"ta, n.; pl. Volte. Etym: [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See Volt a tread.] (Mus.)

Definition: A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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