Faaron

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), named after a local Muslim chieftain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.aɾoŋ/

Proper noun

Faaron

1. Faro (a city in the Algarve region, in modern Portugal)

   Synonym: Santa Maria

   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 183 (facsimile):

     Eſta e dun miragre q̇ moſtrou ſtȧ maria en Faaron q̇do era de mouros.

     This is about a miracle that Holy Mary showed in Faro when it was Moorish.

Descendants

• Portuguese: Faro, Fárão (obsolete)