Volta may refer to:
Persons
Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1842) Italian priest, naturalist and paleontologist Massimo Volta (born 1987), Italian footballer Leopoldo Camillo Volta (1751–1823) Italian librarian and historian of Mantua
Places
Volta, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California, US
Volta Mantovana, an Italian municipality in the Lombardy region
Porta Volta, a former city gate of Milan, Italy
Volta Grande, a Brazilian municipality in the Minas Gerais state
Volta Redonda, a Brazilian municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state
Upper Volta (disambiguation) Lake Volta, in Ghana Volta Region, in Ghana Volta River, primarily flowing in Ghana, with its headstreams: White Volta Red Volta Black Volta Volta (crater), a crater on the Moon 8208 Volta, a main belt asteroid
Technology and products
Volta (microarchitecture), the initial codename for the microarchitecture to succeed the Pascal (microarchitecture) developed by Nvidia Volta Charging, American electric vehicle infrastructure company Microsoft Live Labs Volta, a web development toolset by Microsoft Toyota Alessandro Volta, a hybrid concept vehicle Volta, a brand of vacuum cleaners by Electrolux
Organisations
Volta Laboratory and Bureau, research and philanthropic institutions created by Alexander Graham Bell in the US Volta Aluminum Company, a company based in Ghana Volta River Authority, the main electricity supplier in Ghana Volta Regional Museum, an ethnographic history museum in Ho, Ghana Volta Cinematograph, first cinema of Dublin. started by, among others, James Joyce Volta Trucks, an electric truck manufacturer Volta (Estonian company), factory in Tallinn, Estonia
Sports
Volta a Portugal, an annual professional road bicycle race in Portugal
Volta ao Algarve, an annual road bicycle racing stage race in the Algarve, Portugal Volta a Catalunya, an annual professional road bicycle race in Catalonia, Spain Volta a Lleida, a road cycling stage race held in the Lleida region of Spain Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, a former road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community, Spain Volta Feminina da República, a Brazil women's staged cycle race Volta ao Distrito de Santarém, an annual Portuguese road bicycle racing stage race in the Santárem district
Other uses
Volta (album), a 2007 album by Björk
Volta (dance), a Renaissance dance for couples
Volta (literature), a point of dramatic change in a poem
Una Volta, the 3rd album from the band DeVotchKa
Volta (film), a 2004 Philippine movie
Volta (TV series), a 2008 Philippine TV series based on its namesake 2004 movie
Volta (Brescia Metro), a railway station in Brescia, Italy
Volta Review, the journal of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Volta bracket, a musical repeat sign Volta Prize, an award by the French government for scientific achievement in electricity Edison Volta Prize, a biannual award by the European Physical Society (EPS) Volta Conference, an interwar cycle of cultural meetings Villa Volta, an attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands VOLTA (Cirque du Soleil), a touring big top show by Cirque du Soleil
See also
The Mars Volta, an American musical group
Volt, the derived unit for electric potential, named in honour of Alessandro Volta Voltaic (disambiguation) Voltaic pile, the first electrical battery Volta do mar, a navigational technique perfected by the Portuguese during the late fifteenth century Conan: Hall of Volta, a 1984 action/platform computer game