Faro
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.
Proper noun edit
Faro
- A city in Portugal
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Faro
- A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
- A department of the North Region, Cameroon.
- A town in central Yukon, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township, Madison County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.
Proper noun edit
Faro n (proper noun, genitive Faros or (optionally with an article) Faro)
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Faro m
- Faro (a district in southern Portugal)
- Faro (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Portugal)
Usage notes edit
Faro is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “Faro” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.