Burkina Faso

US/bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/UK/bəːˌkiːnə ˈfasəʊ/

proper noun

A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.

OriginMoore burkĩna ← dyu faso →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. 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.

    2015 December 16, Ingrid Burrington, “The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2016

Origin

  1. dyufaso“father's house”
  2. Mooreburkĩna“honest”
  3. EnglishBurkina Faso

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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Translations

Afrikaans Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Arabic بُورْكِينَا فَاسُو
  • بُورْكِينَا فَاسُو (būrkīnā fāsū)country
Basque Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Bengali বুর্কিনা ফাসো
  • বুর্কিনা ফাসো (burkina phaśō)country
Bulgarian Буркина Фасо
  • Буркина Фасо (Burkina Faso)country
Catalan Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Chinese Mandarin 布基納法索 /布基纳法索, 布吉納法索 /布吉纳法索
  • 布基納法索 /布基纳法索 (Bùjīnà Fǎsuǒ)country
  • 布吉納法索 /布吉纳法索 (Bùjínà Fǎsuǒ)country
Czech Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Danish Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Dutch Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Esperanto Burkino
  • Burkinocountry
Estonian Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Finnish Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
French Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
German Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Greek Μπουρκίνα Φάσο
  • Μπουρκίνα Φάσο (Bourkína Fáso)country
Hebrew בּוּרְקִינָה פָּאסוֹ
  • בּוּרְקִינָה פָּאסוֹ (burkína fáso)country
Hindi बुर्किना फ़ासो
  • बुर्किना फ़ासो (burkinā fāso)country
Hungarian Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Icelandic Búrkína Fasó
  • Búrkína Fasócountry
Irish Buircíne Fasó
  • Buircíne Fasócountry
Italian Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Japanese ブルキナファソ
  • ブルキナファソ (Burukinafaso)country
Korean 부르키나파소, 부르끼나파쏘
  • 부르키나파소 (Bureukinapaso)country
  • 부르끼나파쏘 (Bureukkinapasso)country
Lithuanian Burkina Fasas
  • Burkina Fasascountry
Māori Pūkina, Pūkina Whāho
  • Pūkinacountry
  • Pūkina Whāhocountry
Norwegian Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Persian بورکینافاسو
  • بورکینافاسو (burkinâfâsu)country
Polish Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Portuguese Burquina Faso
  • Burquina Fasocountry
Romanian Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Russian Буркина́-Фасо́
  • Буркина́-Фасо́ (Burkiná-Fasó)country
Slovak Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Spanish Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Swahili Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Swedish Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Tagalog Burkina Paso
  • Burkina Pasocountry
Tamil புர்க்கினா பாசோ
  • புர்க்கினா பாசோ (purkkiṉā pācō)country
Thai บูร์กินาฟาโซ
  • บูร์กินาฟาโซ (buu-gì-naa-faa-soo)country
Turkish Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Fasocountry
Ukrainian Буркіна́-Фасо́
  • Буркіна́-Фасо́ (Burkiná-Fasó)country
Vietnamese Buốc-ki-na Pha-xô
  • Buốc-ki-na Pha-xôcountry
Cite this entry
APA

Burkina Faso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Burkina%20Faso

MLA

“Burkina Faso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Burkina%20Faso. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Burkina Faso,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Burkina%20Faso.

Source: Burkina Faso on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.