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Type Country
Usage Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Scripts Буркина Фасо(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced Pron. /bur.ˌki.naː ˈfaː.soː/(Dutch) [bur.ˌki.na ˈfa.soː](Dutch) /bər.ˈkiː.nə ˌfɑː.soʊ/(English) [ˈbur.ki.nɑ ˈfɑ.s̠o̞](Finnish) /byʁ.ki.na.fa.so/(French) /buʁ.ki.na.fa.so/(French) /bur.ˈkʲi.na ˈfa.sɔ/(Polish) /bur.ˌki.na.ˈfa.so/(Spanish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.
Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara.
The words "Burkina" and "Faso" both stem from different languages spoken in the country: Burkina comes from Mossi and means "honest" or "honest people", while Faso comes from the Dyula language and means "fatherland" (lit. "father's house").
Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara.
The words "Burkina" and "Faso" both stem from different languages spoken in the country: Burkina comes from Mossi and means "honest" or "honest people", while Faso comes from the Dyula language and means "fatherland" (lit. "father's house").