Boko

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A people of Benin and Nigeria.
• A Mande language spoken by the Boko people.
• Boko Haram.
• town Niangoloko Department (department) Comoé Province (province) in southwestern Burkina Faso (country).
• A district in the Pool region of southeastern Republic of the Congo.
• The Latin script alphabet used for the Hausa language.

Noun

• A member of the Boko people.

Origin

• From a word in the Boko language.
• A shortening of Boko Haram.
• Borrowed from Hausa boko.