Burkina Faso
/bəːˌkiːnə ˈfasəʊ//bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/
Burkina Faso proper noun: a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
Proper noun
Burkina Faso
- A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
- 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 2012.2015 December 16, Ingrid Burrington, “The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2016
Burkina Faso meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
Burkina Faso in Hindi
- country
- बुर्किना फ़ासो burkinā fāso
Burkina Faso in Tamil
- country
- புர்க்கினா பாசோ purkkiṉā pācō
Burkina Faso in Bengali
- country
- বুর্কিনা ফাসো burkina phaśō
Burkina Faso in Kannada
- ಬುರ್ಕೀನ ಫಾಸೊ
More languagesFewer languages
- Burkina Faso in Sinhala
- බර්කිනා ෆාසෝ barkinā fāsō
- Burkina Faso in Tagalog
- Burkina Paso
- Burkina Faso in Arabic
- بُورْكِينَا فَاسُو būrkīnā fāsū
- Burkina Faso in Persian
- بورکینافاسو burkinâfâsu
- Burkina Faso in Thai
- บูร์กินาฟาโซ buu-gì-naa-faa-soo
- Burkina Faso in Vietnamese
- Buốc-ki-na Pha-xô
- Burkina Faso in Myanmar
- ဘာကီးနားဖားဆို bhaki:na:hpa:hcui
Origin of Burkina Faso
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".
Words formed from Burkina Faso
Questions about Burkina Faso
- What does Burkina Faso mean?
- Burkina Faso means a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
- What is Burkina Faso in Hindi?
- Burkina Faso in Hindi is बुर्किना फ़ासो (burkinā fāso). See Burkina Faso meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso is pronounced /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/ (US).
Words near Burkina Faso in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Burkina Faso (page history and authors); Burkina Faso (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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