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Danish
Etymology
From Faroese Føroyar.
Proper noun
Færø
- (archaic) the Faroe Islands
- 1877, Denmark, Norske Rigs-Registranter tildeels i Uddrag, 1523 (-1660) udg. af C.C.A. Lange ., page 308:
- Laurits Staffens søn og hans Hustru paa Færø blev bevilget at blive i Egteskab sammen .
1788, Kongelige rescripter, resolutioner og collegialbreve for Danmark og Norge, page 420:Skippere, […] af hvilke nogle fare paa Island, Finmarken, og Færø, nogle paa Frankerige og Spanien, nogle paa Norge, Lybek og Østersøen, og Resten fare paa Smaalandene ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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