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Burkina Faso definition

Bur·kina Faso (bo̵or kē′nə fä′sō)

country in W Africa, north of Ghana: under French control from 1895, it became independent (as Upper Volta) in 1960: 105,839 sq mi (274,122 sq km); pop. 7,967,000; cap. Ouagadougou

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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