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Burkinese

Burkinese adjective: in, of or otherwise relating to Burkina Faso, the former Upper Volta, or its citizens.

Adjective

Burkinese (not comparable)

  1. In, of or otherwise relating to Burkina Faso, the former Upper Volta, or its citizens.

Noun

Burkinese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The members or descendants of the population of Burkina Faso.

Synonyms of Burkinese

Origin of Burkinese

From the first part of Burkina Faso + -ese.

Questions about Burkinese

What does Burkinese mean?
Burkinese means in, of or otherwise relating to Burkina Faso, the former Upper Volta, or its citizens.
What part of speech is Burkinese?
Burkinese can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Burkinese in the dictionary

  1. Burkina Fasoan
  2. Burkina Fasoans
  3. Burkinabe
  4. Burkinabes
  5. Burkinabé
  6. Burkinese
  7. burking
  8. burkini
  9. burkinis
  10. Burkins
  11. Burkinses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Burkinese (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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