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Faro

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See also: faro, fáro, farò, and Fårö

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Etymology 1

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

Proper noun

Faro

  1. A city in Portugal.
Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Faro

  1. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
  2. A department of the North Region, Cameroon.
  3. A town in central Yukon, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township, Madison County, Missouri, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

Proper noun

Faro n (proper noun, genitive Faros or (optionally with an article) Faro)

  1. Faro (a city in Portugal)

Italian

Etymology

Ellipsis of Punta del Faro (literally “Lighthouse Point”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: Fà‧ro

Proper noun

Faro m

  1. (chiefly historical, otherwise colloquial southern Italian) Capo Peloro; Faro Point (the historical demarcation between the Two Sicilies by the Strait of Messina, where the island of Sicily makes its closest approach to the Italian mainland; historically used as a reference point to distinguish the two, as both claimed to be the Kingdom of Sicily)

Derived terms

  • di là del Faro (“beyond Faro”)
  • di qua del Faro (“this side of Faro”)

Further reading

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