"Burkina Faso" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/ [US] Audio: En-us-Burkina Faso.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Etymology templates: {{com|en|burkĩna|faso|lang1=mos|lang2=dyu|t1=honest|t2=father's house}} Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), {{coin|en|Thomas Sankara|nocap=1}} coined by Thomas Sankara Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Burkina Faso
  1. A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso. Wikidata QID: Q965 Categories (place): Burkina Faso, Countries, Countries in Africa Coordinate_terms: Burkinabe Translations (country): Burkina Faso (Afrikaans), Burkina Faso (Albanian), ቡርኪና ፋሶ (burkina faso) (Amharic), بُورْكِينَا فَاسُو (būrkīnā fāsū) [feminine] (Arabic), Բուրկինա Ֆասո (Burkina Faso) (Armenian), ܒܲܪ ܟܹܐܢܵܐ ܦ̮ܵܣܘܿ (bar kēnā fāsō) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), Burkina-Faso (Azerbaijani), Burkina Faso (Basque), Буркіна́-Фасо́ (Burkiná-Fasó) [feminine] (Belarusian), বুর্কিনা ফাসো (burkina phaśō) (Bengali), Burkina Faso (Breton), Буркина Фасо (Burkina Faso) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဘာကီးနားဖားဆို (bhaki:na:hpa:hcui) (Burmese), Burkina Faso (Catalan), ᏋᎩᎾ ᏩᏐ (quvgina waso) (Cherokee), 布基納法索 (Chinese Mandarin), 布基纳法索 (Bùjǐnà Fǎsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), Burkina Faso [neuter] (Czech), Burkina Faso (Danish), Burkina Faso (Dutch), Burkino (Esperanto), Burkina Faso (Estonian), Burkĩna Faso (Farefare), Burkina Faso (Finnish), Burkina Faso [masculine] (French), 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮 (Fula), ბურკინა ფასო (burḳina paso) (Georgian), Burkina Faso [neuter] (German), Μπουρκίνα Φάσο (Bourkína Fáso) [feminine] (Greek), Burkina Faso (Hausa), בורקינה פאסו (Hebrew), बुर्किना फ़ासो (burkinā fāso) (Hindi), Burkina Faso (Hungarian), Búrkína Fasó [neuter] (Icelandic), Burkina Faso (Interlingua), Buircíne Fasó [masculine] (Irish), Burkina Faso [masculine] (Italian), ブルキナファソ (Burukinafaso) (Japanese), Bukinafaso (Kalenjin), Буркина Фасо (Burkina Faso) (Kazakh), បួគីណាហ្វាសូ (buəkiinaafaasou) (Khmer), Bukinafaso (Kikuyu), 부르키나파소 (Bureukinapaso) (Korean), 부르끼나파쏘 (Bureukkinapasso) [North-Korea] (Korean), Буркина-Фасо (Burkina-Faso) (Kyrgyz), Burkina Fasas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Burkina Faso (Low German), Bukinafaso (Luhya), Bukinafaso (Luo), Бурки́на Фасо (Burkína Faso) [feminine] (Macedonian), il-Burkina Faso (Maltese), Pūkina (Maori), Pūkina Whāho (Maori), Bukinafaso (Meru), Буркина Фасо (Burkina Faso) (Mongolian), Burkina Faso (Moore), Burkina Faso [masculine] (Norman), Burkina Faso (Norwegian), بورکینافاسو (burkinâfâsu) (Persian), Burkina Faso [feminine] (Polish), Burquina Faso (Portuguese), Burkina Faso (Romanian), Буркина́-Фасо́ (Burkiná-Fasó) [feminine] (Russian), Буркѝна Фа̏со [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Burkìna Fȁso [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Burchina Fasu [masculine] (Sicilian), බර්කිනා ෆාසෝ (barkinā fāsō) (Sinhalese), Burkina Faso [neuter] (Slovak), Burkina Faso [feminine] (Slovene), Burkina Faso (Spanish), Burkina Faso (Swahili), Burkina Faso (Swedish), Burkina Paso (Tagalog), Буркина Фасо (Burkina Faso) (Tajik), บูร์กินาฟาโซ (buu-gì-naa-faa-soo) (Thai), ቡርኪና ፋሶ (burkina faso) (Tigrinya), Burkina Faso (Turkish), Буркіна́-Фасо́ (Burkiná-Fasó) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بۇركىنا فاسو (burkina faso) (Uyghur), Burkina Faso (Uzbek), Buốc-ki-na Pha-xô (Vietnamese), Bọ̀kínà Fasò (Yoruba)

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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ቡርኪና ፋሶ"
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    },
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      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܒܲܪ ܟܹܐܢܵܐ ܦ̮ܵܣܘܿ"
    },
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ဘာကီးနားဖားဆို"
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ᏋᎩᎾ ᏩᏐ"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "ff",
      "lang": "Fula",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "burḳina paso",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ბურკინა ფასო"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Μπουρκίνα Φάσο"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "בורקינה פאסו"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "बुर्किना फ़ासो"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "country",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "country",
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      "code": "ia",
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      "sense": "country",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "បួគីណាហ្វាសូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
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      "sense": "country",
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Bureukinapaso",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "부르키나파소"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Bureukkinapasso",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
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      "word": "부르끼나파쏘"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "word": "Буркина-Фасо"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "country",
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    {
      "code": "nds",
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      "sense": "country",
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      "code": "luy",
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      "sense": "country",
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    {
      "code": "luo",
      "lang": "Luo",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Bukinafaso"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Бурки́на Фасо"
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    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "il-Burkina Faso"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Pūkina"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Pūkina Whāho"
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    {
      "code": "mer",
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      "code": "mn",
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      "word": "Буркина Фасо"
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      "code": "mos",
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "burkinâfâsu",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "بورکینافاسو"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "country",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burquina Faso"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Burkiná-Fasó",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Буркина́-Фасо́"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "country",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Буркѝна Фа̏со"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Burkìna Fȁso"
    },
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "country",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Burchina Fasu"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "barkinā fāsō",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "බර්කිනා ෆාසෝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Paso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Burkina Faso",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Буркина Фасо"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "buu-gì-naa-faa-soo",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "บูร์กินาฟาโซ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "burkina faso",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ቡርኪና ፋሶ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Burkiná-Fasó",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Буркіна́-Фасо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "burkina faso",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "بۇركىنا فاسو"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Burkina Faso"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Buốc-ki-na Pha-xô"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Bọ̀kínà Fasò"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Burkina Faso"
}

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