English
Etymology
From Old Norse Færeyjar (“Faroe Islands”, literally “Sheep Islands”), a compound of fær (“sheep”) and eyjar (“islands”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛəɹəʊ ˌaɪləndz/
Proper noun
the Faroe Islands sg or pl
- An archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland.
Translations
group of islands between Scotland and Iceland
- Acehnese: Pulo-pulo Faroe
- Afrikaans: Faroëreilande
- Albanian: Ishujt Faroe
- Amharic: ፋሮ ደሴቶች (faro däsetoč)
- Arabic: جُزُر فَارُو f pl (juzur fārū)
- Egyptian Arabic: جزر فارو
- Aragonese: Islas Feroe f pl
- Armenian: Ֆարերներ pl (Farerner), (the islands) Ֆարերյան կղզիներ pl (Fareryan kġziner), (the country) Ֆարերյան Կղզիներ pl (Fareryan Kġziner)
- Asturian: Islles Feroe (ast) f pl
- Azerbaijani: Farer adaları (az)
- Balinese: Kapuloan Faroe
- Bashkir: Фарер утрауҙары (Farer utrawźarı)
- Basque: Faroeak
- Bavarian: Färöer pl
- Belarusian: Фарэ́рскія астравы́ m pl (Farérskija astravý), Фарэ́рскія вы́спы f pl (Farérskija výspy)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: ফারো দ্বীপমালা (fārō dbīpamālā)
- Bislama: Faroe aelan
- Breton: Inizi Faero
- Bulgarian: Ферьорски острови m pl (Ferjorski ostrovi)
- Buryat: Фарерай аралнууд (Farjeraj aralnuud)
- Catalan: illes Fèroe (ca) f pl
- Chechen: Фарерийн гӏайренаш (Fareriı̇n ğajrenaš)
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: Mî-iûⁿ Kûn-tó
- Mandarin: 法羅群島 / 法罗群岛 (zh) (Fǎluō qúndǎo)
- Cornish: Ynysow Faroe
- Czech: Faerské ostrovy (cs) m pl
- Danish: Færøerne (da)
- Dhivehi: ފަރޮއޭ ޖަޒީރާ (faroē jazīrā)
- Dutch: Faeröer (nl) pl
- Dutch Low Saxon: Faeröer
- Erzya: Фарерэнь усият (Farerëń usijat)
- Esperanto: Feroaj Insuloj, Ferooj
- Estonian: Fääri saared (et) pl, Fäärid pl (archipelago)
- Ewe: Faroe Islands
- Extremaduran: Islas Feroes
- Faroese: Føroyar (fo) f pl
- Finnish: Färsaaret (fi) pl
- Franco-Provençal: Iles Fèroè
- French: les îles Féroé (fr) f pl, les îles Faeroe f pl
- Gagauz: Farer adaları
- Galician: Illas Feroe (gl) f pl
- Georgian: ფარერის კუნძულები (ka) (pareris ḳunʒulebi)
- German: die Färöer (de)
- Alemannic German: Färöer
- Greek: Νήσοι Φερόες (el) n pl (Nísoi Feróes)
- Greenlandic: Savalimmiut
- Guaraní: Ypa'ũnguéra Feroe pl
- Gujarati: ફરો દ્વિપ (faro dvip)
- Hebrew: איי פארו pl (iyey faro)
- Hindi: फ़रो द्वीपसमूह (hi) (faro dvīpsamūh)
- Hungarian: Feröer (hu)
- Icelandic: Færeyjar (is) f pl
- Ido: Faero
- Inari Sami: Färsuolluuh pl
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Faeroe
- Inuktitut: ᐸᕉ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᑦ (paroo qikiqtat), Paruu Qikiqtat
- Irish: Na hOileáin Fharó m pl, Na Scigirí m pl
- Italian: Fær Øer f pl, isole Fær Øer f pl
- Japanese: フェロー諸島 (ja) (Ferō-shotō)
- Javanese: Kapuloan Faroe
- Kalmyk: Форойсин Арлс (Foroysin Arls)
- Kapampangan: Pulung Faroe
- Karachay-Balkar: Фарер айрымканла (Farer ayrımkanla)
- Karakalpak: Farer atawları
- Kazakh: Фарер аралдары (Farer araldary)
- Korean: 페로 제도 (Pero jedo)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Giravên Feroe
- Kven: Färsaaret
- Latin: Faerōae f pl
- Latvian: Fēru Salas f pl
- Ligurian: Isoe Farœ f pl
- Limburgish: Faeröer (li)
- Lithuanian: Farerai (lt) m pl
- Lombard: Faroe
- Macedonian: Фарски Острови m pl (Farski Ostrovi)
- Malay: Kepulauan Faroe
- Maltese: il-Gżejjer Faroe
- Manx: Ellanyn ny Geyrragh
- Maori: Moutere Faroe
- Marathi: फेरो द्वीपसमूह (phero dvīpasmūh)
- Mingrelian: ფარერიშ კოკეფი (pareriš ḳoḳepi)
- Mongolian: Фарерын арлууд (mn) (Fareryn arluud)
- Norman: Îles Faeroe f pl
- Northern Sami: Fearsullot
- Norwegian: Færøyene (no)
- Nynorsk: Færøyane (nn) f pl
- Occitan: Illas Feròe f pl
- Old Norse: Færeyjar f pl
- Ossetian: Фареры сакъадӕхтӕ (Farery sak’adæxtæ)
- Persian: فارو
- Piedmontese: Faròe f pl
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Faaro Ailen
- Polish: Wyspy Owcze (pl) f pl
- Portuguese: Faroé, Ilhas Feroé f pl, Ilhas Faroé (pt) f pl, Ilhas Feroe (pt) f pl
- Quechua: Pharuy
- Romani:
- Vlax Romani: Dvipa Faroe
- Romanian: Feroe
- Romansch: Inslas Feroe f pl
- Russian: Фаре́рские острова́ (ru) m pl (Farérskije ostrová), Фаре́ры pl (Faréry)
- Rwanda-Rundi: Ibirwa bya Farowe
- Sardinian: Fær Øer
- Saterland Frisian: Färöer
- Scots: Faroe Islands
- Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Fàro m pl
- Serbo-Croatian: Фарска Острва m pl, Farski otoci m pl, Farska Ostrva n pl
- Sicilian: Ìsuli Fær Øer
- Slovak: Faerské ostrovy m pl
- Slovene: Ferski otoki m pl
- Somali: Jasiiradaha Feroe
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Färöje
- Upper Sorbian: Färöje
- Spanish: Islas Feroe (es) f pl
- Swahili: Visiwa vya Faroe
- Swedish: Färöarna (sv)
- Tagalog: Kapuluang Peroe
- Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Фаро (Jaziraho-yi Faro)
- Tamil: பரோயே தீவுகள் (parōyē tīvukaḷ)
- Tatar: Фарер утраулары (Farer utrawları)
- Thai: หมู่เกาะแฟโร (mùu-gɔ̀ fɛɛ-rôo)
- Tumbuka: Vilumba vya Faroe
- Turkish: Faroe Adaları (tr)
- Turkmen: Farer adalary
- Ukrainian: Фаре́рські острови́ m pl (Farérsʹki ostrový)
- Uzbek: Farer orollari
- Venetan: Ixołe Fær Øer f pl
- Veps: Fareran Sared
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Faroe
- Volapük: Färövuäns (vo)
- Waray-Waray: Kapuropud-an Feroe
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Ffaro f pl, Ynysoedd Ffaröe f pl
- West Frisian: Faeröer
- Wolof: Duni Faarow
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See also
Scots
Proper noun
Faroe Islands
- Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland)
Derived terms