Faro

See also: faro, farò, and Fårö

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese Faro, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

Proper noun

Faro

1. A city in Portugal

Translations

city in Portugal

• German: Faro
• Old Portuguese: Faaron
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• Portuguese: Faro (pt)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Faro

1. A town in Yukon Territory, Canada

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese Faro, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

Proper noun

Faro

1. Faro

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Portuguese

Faro

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn, “Aaron”). The city was named after a local Moorish qadi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɾu/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Homophone: faro
• Hyphenation: Fa‧ro

Proper noun

Faro m

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

Related terms

• farense
• Aarão