HV

See also: hV, H.V., and hv

Translingual

Symbol

HV

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

Usage notes

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

English

Noun

HV (countable and uncountable, plural HVs)

  1. Initialism of high voltage.
  2. Initialism of high velocity.
  3. Initialism of herpesvirus.
  4. Initialism of holiday village.

Derived terms

(herpesvirus):

  • AciHV
  • CaHV
  • CeHV
  • ChHV
  • CHV
  • CoHV
  • CαHV
  • FHV
  • HSV
  • αHV
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