Faro

See also: faro, fáro, farò, and Fårö

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

Proper noun

Faro

1. A city in Portugal.

Translations

city in Portugal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法魯 / 法鲁 (Fǎlǔ)

• German: Faro (de)
• Hindi: फ़ारो (fāro)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Faaron
• Portuguese: Faro (pt)
• Thai: ฟารู (faa-ruu)

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.

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora

German

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

• Punta del Faro in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Italiana (1932), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Localização do distrito de Faro em Portugal

Faro

Alternative forms

• Fárão (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier Fárão. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron, from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), from Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn, “Aaron”). Doublet of Aarão. The city was named after a local Moorish qadi.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɾu/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɾu/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Homophone: faro
• Rhymes: -aɾu
• Hyphenation: Fa‧ro

Proper noun

Faro m

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

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• farense
• Aarão