volta
ボルタ
解説 Definition
Volta は西アフリカのボルタ川やガーナのボルタ湖・ボルタ地方などに関係する固有名です。地名や地域名として使われ、文脈によって川・湖・地域のどれを指すかが決まります。
Volta is a proper geographical name associated with West Africa, especially Ghana. Depending on the following word or context, it may refer to the Volta River, Lake Volta, the Volta Region, or the wider area connected with these places.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Volta はここでは詩の「転換」ではなく、Volta River、Lake Volta、Volta Region などガーナ周辺の固有地名です。必ず大文字で現れ、後ろの River・Lake・Region が指示対象を決めます。地図上で三つの組み合わせを並べて覚えると混同を防げます。
Here Volta is a geographical proper name, so it should normally begin with a capital letter. Do not identify its reference from Volta alone; look for the following noun or the surrounding context. The Volta River is a major West African river system, Lake Volta is the large reservoir in Ghana, and the Volta Region is an administrative region of Ghana. Picture all three labels on a map. This geographic use is distinct from the literary term volta, which means a turn in thought or argument within a poem.
例文
The map label "Volta" refers to an area near the Volta River.
地図上の「Volta」という表示は、ボルタ川の近くの地域を指しています。
Our geography class studied "Volta" in connection with Ghana.
地理の授業で、ガーナに関連して「Volta」を学びました。
The report used "Volta" as the name of the lake region.
その報告書では、湖の地域名として「Volta」が使われていました。
volta の類義語・関連語
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volta の語源・成り立ち Etymology
イタリア語の「volta（回転）」に由来し、ラテン語「volvere（回る）」を源とします。語根「volv-」は回転を意味し、「revolve」と同系です。詩の転換点に用いられるのも、思考が「ぐるりと向きを変える」様子から来ており、意味の繋がりが明確です。
The West African geographical name Volta was given by Portuguese visitors and is connected with Portuguese volta, “turn” or “return,” from the Latin family of volvere, “to turn or roll.” Historical explanations associate the name with the river as a point connected with turning back or returning during coastal journeys. The same Latin root underlies English words such as revolve. The geographic name later extended to the lake and Ghanaian region.
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