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ワガドゥグー

also: ワガドゥグ · ワガドゥーグー

Meanings

1

noun

Ouagadougou (capital of Burkina Faso)

Proper noun referring to the capital city of Burkina Faso. Used in geographic and political contexts.

ワガドゥグーはブルキナファソの首しゅ都とです。
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso.

Written forms

ワガドゥグーUsage64%
Most common katakana spelling for the capital of Burkina Faso.
ワガドゥグUsage36%
Variant spelling without the final long vowel; less common but still encountered.
ワガドゥーグー
Rare variant with an additional long vowel; not the standard representation.

Etymology

From French Ouagadougou, ultimately from a local name. The Japanese forms are phonetic approximations in katakana.