Burkina Faso
proper noun
- African country
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/ / /bəːˌkiːnə ˈfasəʊ/
name
Etymology: From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".
- A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.