HVO
See also: hvo
Translingual
Symbol
HVO
- (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)
- Initialism of hydrogenated vegetable oil or hydro-treated vegetable oil (“a biofuel”).