Faro

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See also: faro, fáro, farò, and Fårö

English

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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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German

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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

Short for Ponta del Faro.

Proper noun

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

Usage notes

  • 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Faro m

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

Usage notes

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

References

  1. ^ “Faro”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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