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BURKINA FASO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)