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[Surname] Alessandro Volta's surname

by Getb (guest)

7/23/2012, 5:51 AM

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta gives his name to the terms "volt" and "voltaic pile" but what gives meaning to his surname? Anyone knows?

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- Marc (guest) +1

7/23/2012, 9:18 AM

Volta is the name of a number of places in Italy. The word itself means a bend in a river or road.

- Getb (guest)

7/25/2012, 2:32 AM

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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