1. (

• Volta ,
• Count_Alessandro_Volta ,
• Conte_Alessandro_Volta ,
• Conte_Alessandro_Giuseppe_Antonio_Anastasio_Volta

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

2. (

• Volta

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