Færeyjar

== Icelandic == === Proper noun === Færeyjar f pl (proper noun, plural only, genitive plural Færeyja) Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland) ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === A compound of fær (“sheep”) and eyjar (“islands”). === Proper noun === Færeyjar f pl an archipelago and self-governing dependent territory of Norway and later Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== færeyingr færeyskr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Færeyjar Faroese: Føroyar Norwegian Nynorsk: Færøyane Norwegian Bokmål: Færøyene Swedish: Färöarna Danish: Færøerne→ Dutch: Faeröer→ Dutch Low Saxon: Faeröer→ Italian: Fær Øer, Faer Oer, FaroeSardinian: Fær ØerSicilian: Ìsuli Fær ØerVenetan: Ixołe Fær Øer → German: FäröerLower Sorbian: FäröjeUpper Sorbian: Färöje