BURKINA FASO

n. country in West Africa (formerly called the Upper Volta)

Burkina Faso, also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula. Independence from France came in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in search of paid labour. The inhabitants of Burkina Faso are known as Burkinabé (pronounced ).
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Noun
1. a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
(synonym) Upper Volta
(hypernym) country, state, land

n. Burkina Faso, country in West Africa

n. Burkina Faso, country in western Africa (formerly called the Upper Volta)