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Burkina Faso

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English

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Location of Burkina Faso

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəːˌkiːnə ˈfasəʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  2. A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
    Coordinate term: Burkinabe
    • 2015 December 16, Ingrid Burrington, “The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge”, in The Atlantic‎[1], archived from the original on 18 February 2016:
      In its 2013 sustainability report, Facebook stated its data centers used 986 million kilowatt-hours of electricity—around the same amount consumed by Burkina Faso in 2012.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Cherokee: ᏋᎩᎾ ᏩᏐ (quvgina waso)

Translations

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See also

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta; capital: Ouagadougou)

Derived terms

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Basque

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Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /burkina fas̺o/ [bur.ki.na fa.s̺o]
  • Hyphenation: Bur‧ki‧na Fa‧so

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso inan

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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Declension of Burkina Faso (inan V-stem)
indefinite
absolutive Burkina Faso
ergative Burkina Fasok
dative Burkina Fasori
genitive Burkina Fasoren
comitative Burkina Fasorekin
causative Burkina Fasorengatik
benefactive Burkina Fasorentzat
instrumental Burkina Fasoz
inessive Burkina Fason
locative Burkina Fasoko
allative Burkina Fasora
terminative Burkina Fasoraino
directive Burkina Fasorantz
destinative Burkina Fasorako
ablative Burkina Fasotik
partitive Burkina Fasorik
prolative Burkina Fasotzat

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso ?

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Derived terms

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Central Nahuatl

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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Derived from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso n (relational adjective burkinafaský)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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Declension of Burkina Faso (sg-only hard neuter)
singular
nominative Burkina Faso
genitive Burkina Fasa
dative Burkina Fasu
accusative Burkina Faso
vocative Burkina Faso
locative Burkina Fasu
instrumental Burkina Fasem

Further reading

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /burˌki.naː ˈfaː.soː/, [burˌki.na ˈfa.soː]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso n

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Faroese

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Faroese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fo

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈburkinɑ ˈfɑso/, [ˈburk̟inɑ̝ ˈfɑ̝s̠o̞]

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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Inflection of Burkina Faso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Burkina Faso —
genitive Burkina Fason —
partitive Burkina Fasoa —
illative Burkina Fasoon —
singular plural
nominative Burkina Faso —
accusative nom. Burkina Faso —
gen. Burkina Fason
genitive Burkina Fason —
partitive Burkina Fasoa —
inessive Burkina Fasossa —
elative Burkina Fasosta —
illative Burkina Fasoon —
adessive Burkina Fasolla —
ablative Burkina Fasolta —
allative Burkina Fasolle —
essive Burkina Fasona —
translative Burkina Fasoksi —
abessive Burkina Fasotta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Burkina Faso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Burkina Fasoni —
accusative nom. Burkina Fasoni —
gen. Burkina Fasoni
genitive Burkina Fasoni —
partitive Burkina Fasoani —
inessive Burkina Fasossani —
elative Burkina Fasostani —
illative Burkina Fasooni —
adessive Burkina Fasollani —
ablative Burkina Fasoltani —
allative Burkina Fasolleni —
essive Burkina Fasonani —
translative Burkina Fasokseni —
abessive Burkina Fasottani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Burkina Fasosi —
accusative nom. Burkina Fasosi —
gen. Burkina Fasosi
genitive Burkina Fasosi —
partitive Burkina Fasoasi —
inessive Burkina Fasossasi —
elative Burkina Fasostasi —
illative Burkina Fasoosi —
adessive Burkina Fasollasi —
ablative Burkina Fasoltasi —
allative Burkina Fasollesi —
essive Burkina Fasonasi —
translative Burkina Fasoksesi —
abessive Burkina Fasottasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Burkina Fasomme —
accusative nom. Burkina Fasomme —
gen. Burkina Fasomme
genitive Burkina Fasomme —
partitive Burkina Fasoamme —
inessive Burkina Fasossamme —
elative Burkina Fasostamme —
illative Burkina Fasoomme —
adessive Burkina Fasollamme —
ablative Burkina Fasoltamme —
allative Burkina Fasollemme —
essive Burkina Fasonamme —
translative Burkina Fasoksemme —
abessive Burkina Fasottamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Burkina Fasonne —
accusative nom. Burkina Fasonne —
gen. Burkina Fasonne
genitive Burkina Fasonne —
partitive Burkina Fasoanne —
inessive Burkina Fasossanne —
elative Burkina Fasostanne —
illative Burkina Fasoonne —
adessive Burkina Fasollanne —
ablative Burkina Fasoltanne —
allative Burkina Fasollenne —
essive Burkina Fasonanne —
translative Burkina Fasoksenne —
abessive Burkina Fasottanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Burkina Fasonsa —
accusative nom. Burkina Fasonsa —
gen. Burkina Fasonsa
genitive Burkina Fasonsa —
partitive Burkina Fasoaan
Burkina Fasoansa 		—
inessive Burkina Fasossaan
Burkina Fasossansa 		—
elative Burkina Fasostaan
Burkina Fasostansa 		—
illative Burkina Fasoonsa —
adessive Burkina Fasollaan
Burkina Fasollansa 		—
ablative Burkina Fasoltaan
Burkina Fasoltansa 		—
allative Burkina Fasolleen
Burkina Fasollensa 		—
essive Burkina Fasonaan
Burkina Fasonansa 		—
translative Burkina Fasokseen
Burkina Fasoksensa 		—
abessive Burkina Fasottaan
Burkina Fasottansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrikan maat (appendix)edit

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso m

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French Burkina Faso.

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso n (proper noun, genitive Burkina Fasos or (optionally with an article) Burkina Faso)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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Declension of Burkina Faso [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Burkina Faso
genitive des Burkina Fasos, Burkina Faso1
dative dem Burkina Faso
accusative das Burkina Faso

1Optionally with an article.

See also

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Hungarian

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 Burkina Faso on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Burkina Faso —
accusative Burkina Fasót —
dative Burkina Fasónak —
instrumental Burkina Fasóval —
causal-final Burkina Fasóért —
translative Burkina Fasóvá —
terminative Burkina Fasóig —
essive-formal Burkina Fasoként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Burkina Fasóban —
superessive Burkina Fasón —
adessive Burkina Fasónál —
illative Burkina Fasóba —
sublative Burkina Fasóra —
allative Burkina Fasóhoz —
elative Burkina Fasóból —
delative Burkina Fasóról —
ablative Burkina Fasótól —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Burkina Fasóé —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Burkina Fasóéi —
Possessive forms of Burkina Faso
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Burkina Fasóm —
2nd person sing. Burkina Fasód —
3rd person sing. Burkina Fasója —
1st person plural Burkina Fasónk —
2nd person plural Burkina Fasótok —
3rd person plural Burkina Fasójuk —

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^ Krisztina Laczkó, Attila Mártonfi (2006), Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

See also

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countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Interlingua

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Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ia

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /burˈki.na ˈfa.zo/

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso m

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
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Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

Etymology

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Internationalism.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkīna Fasō f sg (genitive Burkīnae Fasōnis); variously declined, first declension, third declension

  1. (New Latin) Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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First-declension noun with a third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Burkīna Fasō
genitive Burkīnae Fasōnis
dative Burkīnae Fasōnī
accusative Burkīnam Fasōnem
ablative Burkīnā Fasōne
vocative Burkīna Fasō
locative Burkīnae Fasōnī
Burkīnae Fasōne

Alternative forms

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Maltese

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Maltese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mt

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

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Il-Burkina Faso m

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta; official name: Burkina Faso)

See also

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countries in Africa: pajjiżi tal-Afrika (appendix)edit

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
The flag of Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso in Africa.

Etymology

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Internationalism, based on the official name coined by Thomas Sankara and adopted on 4 August 1984. It was formed from Moore burkĩna (“honest, upright; incorruptible”) and Dyula faso (“father's house; fatherland”), and therefore means approximately “land of upright people”. First attested in 1984, when it replaced the former name Øvre Volta (“Upper Volta”).

Parallel international adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Burkina Faso, Danish Burkina Faso, Swedish Burkina Faso, German Burkina Faso, Dutch Burkina Faso and English Burkina Faso.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /¹bʉrˈkiː.na ¹ˈfɑː.su/, [bʉrˈkìː.na ˈfɑ̀ː.sʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːsu
  • Hyphenation: Bur‧ki‧na‧Fa‧so

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso; a country in West Africa, Africa, a landlocked country, with Ouagadougou as its capital.
    Burkina Faso har ingen kyst og grenser til seks andre land. ― Burkina Faso has no coastline and borders six other countries.
    • 2026 August 6 (last accessed), “Navn på stater”, in Språkrådet‎[2]:
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso

Usage notes

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  • The country's short and full official names in Norwegian are both Burkina Faso.
  • The country was known as Øvre Volta (“Upper Volta”) until 1984.
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  • burkiner (“Burkinabé, person from Burkina Faso”)
  • burkinsk (“Burkinabé, of or relating to Burkina Faso”)

See also

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countries in Africa: land i Afrika (appendix)edit

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /burˈki.na ˈfa.sɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: Bur‧ki‧na Fa‧so

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso f (related adjective burkiński)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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Declension of Burkina Faso
singular
nominative Burkina Faso
genitive Burkiny Faso
dative Burkinie Faso
accusative Burkinę Faso
instrumental Burkiną Faso
locative Burkinie Faso
vocative Burkino Faso

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso n (indeclinable)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Derived terms

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nouns

See also

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countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

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  • “Burkina Faso”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “Burkina Faso”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

Romanian

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Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Serbo-Croatian

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Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso f (Cyrillic spelling Буркина Фасо)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buɾˌkina ˈfaso/ [buɾˌki.na ˈfa.so]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: Bur‧ki‧na Fa‧so

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso ?

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Derived terms

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Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

See also

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countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɵrˈkiːna ˈfaːsɔ/, /-fɑːsɔ/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Burkina Faso n (genitive Burkina Fasos)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

References

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Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Etymology

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From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Burkina Faso

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Declension

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Declension of Burkina Faso
singular plural
nominative Burkina Faso -
definite accusative Burkina Faso'yu -
dative Burkina Faso'ya -
locative Burkina Faso'da -
ablative Burkina Faso'dan -
genitive Burkina Faso'nun -
Possessive forms of Burkina Faso
singular plural
benim (my) Burkina Faso'm Burkina Fasolarım
Burkina Faso'larım
senin (your) Burkina Faso'n Burkina Fasoların
Burkina Faso'ların
onun (his/her/its) Burkina Faso'su Burkina Fasoları
Burkina Faso'ları
bizim (our) Burkina Faso'muz Burkina Fasolarımız
Burkina Faso'larımız
sizin (your) Burkina Faso'nuz Burkina Fasolarınız
Burkina Faso'larınız
onların (their) Burkina Faso'su
Burkina Fasoları
Burkina Faso'ları 		Burkina Fasoları
Burkina Faso'ları

See also

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countries in Africa: Afrika ülkeleri (appendix)edit
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