1. a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960; [syn: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Upper Volta
n 1: a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa;
was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained
independence in 1960 [syn: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta]