Fær Øer

Italian

Alternative forms

  • Faer Oer (misspelling without proper diacritics)
  • Faroe

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Danish Færøerne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛr oˈɛr/
  • IPA(key): (careful style) /ˈfɛr ˈø.er/

Proper noun

Fær Øer f pl (plural only)

  1. Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland)
    Synonym: (rare) Isole Feringe

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sardinian: Fær Øer
  • Sicilian: Ìsuli Fær Øer
  • Venetan: Ixołe Fær Øer

Sardinian

Etymology

From Italian Fær Øer, from Danish Færøerne.

Proper noun

Fær Øer f pl

  1. Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.