Burkina Faso

See also: Burkinafaso and Búrkína Fasó

English

Location of Burkina Faso

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəː(ɹ)ˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. A country in Western Africa (formerly Upper Volta). Official name: Burkina Faso.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Burkina Faso
• Albanian: Burkina Faso (sq)
• Amharic: ቡርኪና ፋሶ (burkina faso)
• Arabic: بُورْكِينَا فَاسُو f (burkīnā fāso)
• Armenian: Բուրկինա Ֆասո (hy) (Burkina Faso)
• Basque: Burkina Faso
• Belarusian: Буркіна́-Фасо́ f (Burkiná-Fasó)
• Bengali: বুর্কিনা ফাসো (burkina phaśō)
• Breton: Burkina Faso
• Bulgarian: Буркина Фасо f (Burkina Faso)
• Burmese: ဘာကီးနားဖားဆို (bhaki:na:hpa:hcui)
• Cherokee: ᏋᎩᎾ ᏩᏐ (quvgina waso)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布基納法索／布基纳法索 (zh) (Bùjīnà Fǎsuǒ), 布基纳法索 (zh) (Bùjǐnà Fǎsuǒ)

• Czech: Burkina Faso (cs) n
• Danish: Burkina Faso (da)
• Dutch: Burkina Faso (nl)
• Esperanto: Burkino (eo)
• Estonian: Burkina Faso (et)
• Finnish: Burkina Faso (fi)
• French: Burkina Faso (fr) m
• Georgian: ბურკინა ფასო (burḳina paso)
• German: Burkina Faso (de) n
• Greek: Μπουρκίνα Φάσο (el) f (Bourkína Fáso)
• Hausa: Burkina Faso
• Hebrew: בורקינה פאסו
• Hindi: बुर्किना फ़ासो (burkinā fāso)
• Hungarian: Burkina Faso (hu)
• Icelandic: Búrkína Fasó (is) n
• Interlingua: Burkina Faso
• Irish: Buircíne Fasó m
• Italian: Burkina Faso (it)
• Japanese: ブルキナファソ (ja) (Burukinafaso)
• Kalenjin: Bukinafaso
• Kazakh: Буркина Фасо (Burkina Faso)सेकस
• Khmer: បួគីណាហ្វាសូ (buəkiinaafaasou)
• Kikuyu: Bukinafaso
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• Korean: 부르키나파소 (Bureukinapaso), (North Korea) 부르끼나파쏘 (Bureukkinapasso)
• Kyrgyz: Буркина-Фасо (Burkina-Faso)
• Low German: Burkina Faso (nds)
• Luhya: Bukinafaso
• Luo: Bukinafaso
• Macedonian: Бурки́на Фасо (mk) f (Burkína Faso)
• Maltese: il-Burkina Faso
• Maori: Pūkina
• Meru: Bukinafaso
• Mongolian: Буркина Фасо (mn) (Burkina Faso)
• Moore: Burkina Faso
• Norman: Burkina Faso m
• Norwegian: Burkina Faso (no)
• Persian: بورکینافاسو (burkinâfâsu)
• Polish: Burkina Faso (pl) f
• Portuguese: Burquina Faso (pt)
• Romanian: Burkina Faso (ro)
• Russian: Буркина́-Фасо́ (ru) f (Burkiná-Fasó)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Буркѝна Фа̏со f

  Roman: Burkìna Fȁso (sh) f

• Sicilian: Burchina Fasu m
• Sinhalese: බර්කිනා ෆාසෝ (barkinā fāsō)
• Slovak: Burkina Faso n
• Slovene: Burkina Faso (sl) f
• Spanish: Burkina Faso (es)
• Swahili: Burkina Faso
• Swedish: Burkina Faso (sv)
• Tagalog: Burkina Paso
• Tajik: Буркина Фасо (Burkina Faso)
• Thai: บูร์กินาฟาโซ (th) (buu-gì-naa-faa-soo)
• Tigrinya: ቡርኪና ፋሶ (burkina faso)
• Turkish: Burkina Faso (tr)
• Ukrainian: Буркіна́-Фасо́ (uk) f (Burkiná-Fasó)
• Vietnamese: Buốc-ki-na Pha-xô
• Yoruba: Bùùkíná Fasò

See also

• Voltaic (relative adjective)
• Ouagadougou (capital)
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Burkina Faso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

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Basque

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

Related terms

• burkina fasoar

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [burkɪna faso]

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Proper noun

Burkina Faso n

2. Burkina Faso

Related terms

• burkinafaský

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Danish

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Burkina Faso n

2. Burkina Faso

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

Declension

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 — —

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.ki.na fa.so/

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Proper noun

Burkina Faso m

2. Burkina Faso

Derived terms

• Burkinabé
• burkinabé

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Burkina Faso n (proper noun, strong, genitive Burkina Fasos)

2. Burkina Faso

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Hungarian

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

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Italian

Proper noun

Burkina Faso m

2. Burkina Faso

Related terms

• burkinabè

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

Related terms

• burkiner
• burkinsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

Related terms

• burkinar
• burkinsk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /burˈki.na ˈfa.sɔ/

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Proper noun

Burkina Faso f

2. Burkina Faso

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Romanian

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Burkina Faso f (Cyrillic spelling Буркина Фасо)

2. Burkina Faso

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɾˌkinaˈfaso/ [buɾˌki.naˈfa.so]

Proper noun

Burkina Faso ?

2. Burkina Faso

Related terms

• burkinés, burkinesa

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Swahili

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

1. Burkina Faso

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Burkina Faso n (genitive Burkina Fasos)

2. Burkina Faso

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Turkish

Proper noun

Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso