Ouagadougou

English

Etymology

From French Ouagadougou, from a local name such as Moore Waogdgo and Farefare Wɔgdɔgɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːɡəˈduːɡuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːɡu

Proper noun

Ouagadougou

2. The capital city of Burkina Faso.
   • 2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 250:

     Perhaps he was there right now, in Ouagadougou, taking a last detour to revisit friends before passing on to eternity, wherever that is.

Translations

capital of Burkina Faso

• Afrikaans: Ouagadougou
• Amharic: ዋጋዱጉ (wagadugu)
• Arabic: وَاغَادُوغُو f (wāḡādūḡū)
• Armenian: Ուագադուգու (Uagadugu)
• Asturian: Uagadugú (ast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦加杜古 (zh) (Wǎjiādùgǔ)

• Chuvash: Уагадугу (Uagadugu)
• Czech: Ouagadougou n
• Danish: Ouagadougou n
• Dutch: Ouagadougou n
• Esperanto: Uagaduguo
• Estonian: Ouagadougou
• Farefare: Wɔgdɔgɔ, Wɔdʋgɔ
• Finnish: Ouagadougou (fi)
• French: Ouagadougou (fr)
• Georgian: უაგადუგუ (uagadugu)
• German: Ouagadougou (de)
• Greek: Ουαγκαντούγκου (Ouagkantoúgkou)
• Hausa: Wagadugu
• Hebrew: ואגאדוגו f (vagadugu)
• Hindi: वागडूगू m (vāgḍūgū)
• Icelandic: Ouagadougou
• Ido: Ouagadougou
• Indonesian: Ouagadougou
• Italian: Ouagadougou (it)
• Japanese: ワガドゥグー (Wagadugū)
• Khmer: អៅហ្កាឌូហ្គូ (km) (ʼawhkaaduuhkuu)
• Korean: 와가두구 (Wagadugu)
• Latvian: Vagadugu
• Lithuanian: Uagadugu
• Luxembourgish: Ouagadougou
• Moore: Waogdgo
• Norwegian: Ouagadougou
• Persian: واگادوگو (vâgâdugu)
• Polish: Wagadugu (pl)
• Portuguese: Ouagadougou (pt)
• Russian: Уагаду́гу (ru) m (Uagadúgu)
• Slovak: Ouagadougou
• Slovene: Ouagadougou
• Spanish: Uagadugú (es)
• Swahili: Wagadugu
• Swedish: Ouagadougou (sv)
• Tamil: வாகடூகு (vākaṭūku)
• Thai: วากาดูกู (waagaaduuguu)
• Ukrainian: Уагаду́гу n (Uahadúhu)
• Urdu: واگادوگو m (vāgādūgū)
• Vietnamese: U-a-ga-đu-gu
• Volapük: Ouagadougou
• Welsh: Ouagadougou

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Ouagadougou

1. Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaɡaduɡu]

Proper noun

Ouagadougou n (indeclinable, related adjective ouagadougouský or ouagadougský)

1. Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)

Further reading

• “Ouagadougou”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

Alternative forms

• Ouaga (clipping)

Etymology

From a local name such as Moore Waogdgo and Farefare Wɔgdɔgɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ɡa.du.ɡu/

Proper noun

Ouagadougou m

1. Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)

Descendants

• → English: Ouagadougou
• → Afrikaans: Ouagadougou
• → Czech: Ouagadougou
• → Portuguese: Ouagadougou
• → Slovak: Ouagadougou

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Uagadugu

Proper noun

Ouagadougou f

1. Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuaɡaduɡu]

Proper noun

Ouagadougou n

1. Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)

References

• “Ouagadougou”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024