Buircíne Fasó

Irish

Etymology

From English Burkina Faso, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

Buircíne Fasó m (genitive Bhuircíne Fasó)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Buircíne Fasó
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Buircíne Fasó Bhuircíne Fasó mBuircíne Fasó

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “Burkina Faso”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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