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Re: Alessandro Volta's surname
in reply to a message by Getb
Volta is the name of a number of places in Italy. The word itself means a bend in a river or road.
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Thanks! That explians a lot because "voltear" is Spanish for "to turn around" and Spanish is related to Italian and bending nad turnign around are very semantically related
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