Burkinabe.
A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.
Meaning & usage
A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.
Where this word comes from
From French burkinabé, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Fula -ɓe (plural ending for a people noun), coined by Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara.
Of, from, or pertaining to Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe people or the Burkinabe language.
Where this word comes from
From French burkinabé, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Fula -ɓe (plural ending for a people noun), coined by Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.