Boko may refer to:
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Boko alphabet Boko (or bookoo) is a Latin-script alphabet used to write the Hausa language. The first boko alphabet was devised by Europeans in the early 19th century, and developed in the early 20th century by the British and French colonial authorities. It was ...
, a Latin alphabet used for the Hausa language
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Boko language
Boko, or Boo, is a Mande language of Benin and Nigeria. Names
Boko language can be better known as Boko, but it is also known as Boo or with the Hausa name Busanci (also spelled Busanchi, Bussanci
Or Bussanchi).
One person or speaker is call ...
, a language of Benin and Nigeria
* Boko (Iboko) language, part of the
Bala language
Bala (''Lobala'') is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Maho (2009), it includes Boko (''Iboko'').
Distribution and status
Bala is spoken in the northwest corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo west ...
, a Bantu language in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Boko, Burkina Faso
Boko is a town in the Niangoloko Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered ...
, a town in Burkina Faso
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Boko District
Boko is a district in the Pool Department of south-eastern Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo ...
, in the Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
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Boko-Songho, district in
Bouenza
Bouenza (can also be written as ''Buenza'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Lékoumou, Niari, and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. T ...
, Republic of the Congo
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Boko, Kamrup
Boko is a town located in Assam, in the Kamrup district in the Indian state of Assam. The town is composed of 139 villages. It is approximately 55 kilometers west of Guwahati.
Culture
Boko's cultural tradition is known mainly for the Bogai ...
, a town in South Kamrup district of Assam, India
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Boko (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Boko Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Boko forms part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the SC reserved constituencies of Assam. Nandita Das of INC is the present ...
, Assam
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Boko, Senegal
Boko is a settlement in Bignona Department of Ziguinchor Region in the Basse Casamance area of south-west Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'' ...
, a village in the Bignona Department of Senegal
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Boko (''Final Fantasy'') or Boco, a fictional character in the video game series ''Final Fantasy''
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Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...
, a terrorist group in West Africa
* Boko the Bobcat, a mascot of the athletic teams of
Texas State University
Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the second largest university in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and the fifth largest university ...
See also
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Boco (disambiguation)
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