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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Buircíne Fasó Bhuircíne Fasó mBuircíne Fasó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Burkina Faso”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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