Burkinabe
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via French burkinabé, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Fula -ɓe (plural ending for a people noun), coined by Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Burkinabe (plural Burkinabes)
- A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.
Hypernyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person from Burkina Faso
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Adjective[edit]
Burkinabe (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe people or the Burkinabe language.
Translations[edit]
from Burkina Faso
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- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Moore
- English terms derived from Fula
- English terms coined by Thomas Sankara
- English coinages
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English adjectives
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