Ouagadougou

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/ˈwɑːɡəˈduːɡuː/

proper noun

The capital city of Burkina Faso.

OriginFrench Ouagadougou ← Moore Waogdgo ← Farefare Wɔgdɔgɔ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The capital city of Burkina Faso.

    Perhaps he was there right now, in Ouagadougou, taking a last detour to revisit friends before passing on to eternity, wherever that is.

    2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 250
    1. metonymicallyThe Burkina Faso government.

Origin

  1. FarefareWɔgdɔgɔ
  2. MooreWaogdgo
  3. FrenchOuagadougou
  4. EnglishOuagadougou

From French Ouagadougou, from a local name such as Moore Waogdgo and Farefare Wɔgdɔgɔ.

More words from French, Moore, Farefare

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Arabic وَاغَادُوغُو
  • وَاغَادُوغُو (wāḡādūḡū)capital of Burkina Faso
Chinese Mandarin 瓦加杜古
  • 瓦加杜古 (Wǎjiādùgǔ)capital of Burkina Faso
Czech Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Danish Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Dutch Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Esperanto Uagaduguo
  • Uagaduguocapital of Burkina Faso
Estonian Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Finnish Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
French Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
German Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Greek Ουαγκαντούγκου
  • Ουαγκαντούγκου (Ouagkantoúgkou)capital of Burkina Faso
Hebrew ואגאדוגו
  • ואגאדוגו (vagadugu)capital of Burkina Faso
Hindi वागाडूगू
  • वागाडूगू (vāgāḍūgū)capital of Burkina Faso
Icelandic Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Indonesian Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Italian Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Japanese ワガドゥグー
  • ワガドゥグー (Wagadugū)capital of Burkina Faso
Korean 와가두구
  • 와가두구 (Wagadugu)capital of Burkina Faso
Latvian Vagadugu
  • Vagadugucapital of Burkina Faso
Lithuanian Uagadugu
  • Uagadugucapital of Burkina Faso
Norwegian Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Persian واگادوگو
  • واگادوگو (vâgâdugu)capital of Burkina Faso
Polish Wagadugu
  • Wagadugucapital of Burkina Faso
Portuguese Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Russian Уагаду́гу
  • Уагаду́гу (Uagadúgu)capital of Burkina Faso
Slovak Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Spanish Uagadugú
  • Uagadugúcapital of Burkina Faso
Swahili Wagadugu
  • Wagadugucapital of Burkina Faso
Swedish Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Tamil வாகடூகு
  • வாகடூகு (vākaṭūku)capital of Burkina Faso
Thai วากาดูกู
  • วากาดูกู (waagaaduuguu)capital of Burkina Faso
Ukrainian Уагаду́гу
  • Уагаду́гу (Uahadúhu)capital of Burkina Faso
Urdu واگادوگو
  • واگادوگو (vāgādūgū)capital of Burkina Faso
Vietnamese U-a-ga-đu-gu
  • U-a-ga-đu-gucapital of Burkina Faso
Welsh Ouagadougou
  • Ouagadougoucapital of Burkina Faso
Cite this entry
APA

Ouagadougou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ouagadougou

MLA

“Ouagadougou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ouagadougou. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ouagadougou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ouagadougou.

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