Bamako

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara Bamakɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑməkoʊ/, /bəˈmɑkoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Bamako

2. The capital city of Mali.
3. (metonymic) The Malian government.

Translations

capital of Mali

• Afrikaans: Bamako
• Arabic: بَامَاكُو f (bamakū)
• Armenian: Բամակո (hy) (Bamako)
• Asturian: Bamaku (ast)
• Bambara: Bamakɔ
• Catalan: Bamako
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴馬科 / 巴马科 (zh) (Bāmǎkē)

• Czech: Bamako (cs) n
• Danish: Bamako
• Dutch: Bamako n
• Esperanto: Bamako (eo)
• German: Bamako (de) n
• Hebrew: במקו (bamako)
• Japanese: バマコ (ja) (Bamako)
• Korean: 바마코 (Bamako)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Bamaakoe
• Polish: Bamako (pl) n
• Portuguese: Bamako (pt) f
• Russian: Бама́ко́ (ru) m (Bamákó)
• Spanish: Bamako (es), Bámako
• Ukrainian: Бамако́ (uk) n (Bamakó)

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Bamako

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbamako]

Proper noun

Bamako n (relational adjective bamacký)

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

Declension

Declension of Bamako (sg-only velar neuter)

	singular
nominative	Bamako
genitive	Bamaka
dative	Bamaku
accusative	Bamako
vocative	Bamako
locative	Bamaku
instrumental	Bamakem

Further reading

• “Bamako”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara Bamakɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈmako/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: Ba‧ma‧ko

Proper noun

Bamako (accusative Bamakon)

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

Further reading

• “Bamako”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “Bamako”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara Bamakɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ma.ko/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Proper noun

Bamako ?

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

Derived terms

• Bamakois

Fula

Alternative forms

• 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮

Etymology

From French Bamako.

Proper noun

Bamako

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara Bamakɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːmako/, /ˈbamako/, /baˈmaːko/, /baˈmako/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Bamako n (proper noun, genitive Bamakos or (optionally with an article) Bamako)

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈma.kɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: Ba‧ma‧ko

Proper noun

Bamako n (indeclinable, related adjective bamakijski)

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

Further reading

• “Bamako”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Bamaco (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara Bamakɔ.

Proper noun

Bamako f

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bamakɔ/, [ˈbamakɔ]
• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Hyphenation: Ba‧ma‧ko

Proper noun

Bamako n (genitive singular Bamaka, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Bamako (the capital of Mali)

References

• “Bamako”, 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, 2003–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Bámako

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara Bamakɔ.

Proper noun

Bamako ?

1. Bamako (the capital city of Mali)