/ˈvoʊltə/
OriginFrom Italian volta. Doublet of volte.
- A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
- A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
- A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
“[…][Larmona] Ash describes how “conversion arrives like a volta [poetic shift]^([sic]) in a person's life.” The metaphor is apt, imagining one's spiritual life as a poem, an authored thing, and not pr”
- A river in West Africa, having given its name to Upper Volta; in full, Volta River.
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsisEllipsis of Lake Volta: a lake in West Africa.
- A census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States.
- A surname from Italian.
Formsvoltas(plural) · Voltas(plural)