HVO

See also: hvo

Translingual

Symbol

HVO

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Upper Volta from 1974 to 1984.
    Synonyms: HV (alpha-2 1974–1984), BFA (1984–present, as Burkina Faso)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of BFA on the renaming of the country to Burkina Faso.

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

HVO (countable and uncountable, plural HVOs)

  1. Initialism of hydrogenated vegetable oil or hydro-treated vegetable oil (a biofuel).

Coordinate terms

hydrogenated vegetable oil

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