Faro
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.
Proper noun
[edit]Faro
- A city in Portugal
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Faro
- A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
- A department of the North Region, Cameroon.
- A town in central Yukon, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township, Madison County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.
Proper noun
[edit]Faro n (proper noun, genitive Faros or (optionally with an article) Faro)
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier Fárão. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron, from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), from Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn, “Aaron”).[1] Doublet of Aarão. The city was named after a local Moorish qadi.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Faro m
- Faro (a district in southern Portugal)
- Faro (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Portugal)
Usage notes
[edit]Faro is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Faro”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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- en:Municipalities of Pará, Brazil
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- en:Departments of Cameroon
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- en:Towns in Yukon
- en:Towns in Canada
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
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- en:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
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