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Poro

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 3 definitions
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Poro definition 1

Poro (Secret society)

"Le poro garde! (The secret society keeps!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Poro definition 2

Société initiatique Sénoufo (Sénoufo initiation society)

"Le poro forme les jeunes hommes (The poro trains young men)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Poro definition 3

Men's secret society (Traditional society)

"He's Poro man! (He's in the men's secret society!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Poro 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire

Société initiatique Sénoufo (Sénoufo initiation society)

"Le poro forme les jeunes hommes (The poro trains young men)"
Poro 🇱🇷 Liberia

Men's secret society (Traditional society)

"He's Poro man! (He's in the men's secret society!)"

🇧🇫 About Burkina Faso Slang

Burkina Faso slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 1733 Burkina Faso slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Poro" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Poro 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire

Société initiatique Sénoufo (Sénoufo initiation society)
Poro 🇱🇷 Liberia

Men's secret society (Traditional society)

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