"Boko Haram" meaning in English

See Boko Haram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Hausa boko (“fake, often said of Western education”) + haram (“forbidden”) (from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Literally "Western education is forbidden". Etymology templates: {{der|en|ha|boko||fake, often said of Western education}} Hausa boko (“fake, often said of Western education”), {{m|ha|haram||forbidden}} haram (“forbidden”), {{der|en|ar|حَرَام}} Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām), {{root|en|ar|ح ر م}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Boko Haram
  1. ISWAP Wikipedia link: Boko Haram Categories (topical): Islamism

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