burkina faso burker • burkina faso franc · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · burkina faso · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 12 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960. Synonyms: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 k latin small letter k U+006B n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075