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 (uncountable)

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

Coordinate terms

hydrogenated vegetable oil

• B100
• B20
• B5
• biodiesel
• HEFA
• HVO100

 

Further reading

• (hydrogenated vegetable oil): Biofuel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• HOV