Etymology

Burkina Faso

Today it means: A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso. Full definition →

Moore burkĩna ← dyu faso
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  1. dyu · derived fromfaso“father's house”
  2. Moore · derived fromburkĩna“honest”
  3. English todayBurkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".

Words from the same roots

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Burkinabe

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.