See also: faro, farò, and Fårö

English

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Etymology 1

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From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

Proper noun

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Faro

  1. A city in Portugal
Translations
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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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

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

Proper noun

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

  1. Faro (a city in Portugal)

Italian

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Etymology

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Short for Ponta del Faro.

Proper noun

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Faro n

  1. Punta del Faro; particularly (historically) as the nominal demarcation between the mainland Kingdom of Naples and the island Kingdom of Sicily, which both claimed the title Kingdom of Sicily

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  • The peninsular kingdom was called Sicilia di qua del Faro ("Sicily on this side of Faro"), while the island kingdom was Sicilia di là del Faro ("Sicily on the other side of Faro"). (The name Kingdom of Naples was a later invention by historians.) See   Kingdom of Naples § Nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

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Faro

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Etymology

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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.

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Proper noun

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Faro m

  1. Faro (a district in southern Portugal)
  2. Faro (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Portugal)

Usage notes

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Faro is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

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References

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  1. ^ Faro”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
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