Burkina Faso
Meanings
name
- A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".
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