Faro

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron. ==== Proper noun ==== Faro A city in Portugal. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== 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 === 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) 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 (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 ==== === Further reading === Punta del Faro in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Italiana (1932), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === 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 === Homophone: faro Rhymes: -aɾu Hyphenation: Fa‧ro === Proper noun === Faro m Faro (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Algarve, Portugal) Faro (a district in southern Portugal) ==== Usage notes ==== Faro is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal. ==== Related terms ==== farense Aarão === References ===