Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso
- /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/ US
- /bəːˌkiːnə ˈfasəʊ/ UK
Where it comes from
From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".
proper noun
- 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.
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name country
| Español | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 부르키나파소 Bureukinapaso |
| 日本語 | ブルキナファソ Burukinafaso |
| 中文 | 布基納法索 /布基纳法索 Bùjīnà Fǎsuǒ, 布吉納法索 /布吉纳法索 Bùjínà Fǎsuǒ |
| हिन्दी | बुर्किना फ़ासो burkinā fāso |
| Kiswahili | Burkina Faso |
| Português | Burquina Faso |
| Français | Burkina Faso |
| Deutsch | Burkina Faso |
| Italiano | Burkina Faso |
| Ελληνικά | Μπουρκίνα Φάσο Bourkína Fáso |
| Română | Burkina Faso |
| Русский | Буркина́-Фасо́ Burkiná-Fasó |
| Tiếng Việt | Buốc-ki-na Pha-xô |
| العربية | بُورْكِينَا فَاسُو būrkīnā fāsū |
| עברית | בּוּרְקִינָה פָּאסוֹ burkína fáso |
Talk about this word "Burkina Faso." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/burkina%20faso. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Burkina Faso. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/burkina%20faso "Burkina Faso." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/burkina%20faso.Cite this
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title = {Burkina Faso},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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