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.