Boko

See also: boko, boko:, bòkò, and bōkō

English

Etymology 1

From a word in the Boko language.

Proper noun

Boko

  1. A people of Benin and Nigeria.
  2. (linguistics) A Mande language spoken by the Boko people.
    Synonym: Boo
Translations

Noun

Boko (plural Bokos)

  1. A member of the Boko people.
    Synonym: Boo

Etymology 2

A shortening of Boko Haram.

Proper noun

Boko

  1. Boko Haram.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Boko

  1. A town in Niangoloko Department, Comoé Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso.
Translations

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Boko

  1. A district in the Pool region of southeastern Republic of the Congo.
Translations

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Hausa boko.

Proper noun

Boko

  1. The Latin script alphabet used for the Hausa language.

Anagrams

Atayal

Proper noun

Boko

  1. a male given name

References

  • Center for aboriginal studies (2014) “Boko”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Aboriginal Names in Taiwan]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples

French

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Boko m

  1. Boko (a town in Burkina Faso)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Boko m

  1. Boko (a district of the Republic of the Congo)