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Faeroe Islands (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 62 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 62.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -7.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in northern Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands; first settled by Irish monks 8th century, site of Norse settlements from ca. 800; ruled by Norway from ca. 1000, possession of Denmark from 1380; most inhabitants live in coastal villages; languages are Faeroese (a Germanic language related to Icelandic) and Danish. |
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| Føroyar (preferred,C,V,Croatian)
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| Føroyar (Welsh)
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| Føroyar (Faroese-P,U,N)
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| Færøerne (C,V,Danish-P,U,N)
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| Faerøyene (C,O,Norwegian (Nynorsk)-P,U,N)
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| Faeroe Islands (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Faroe Islands (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Faroe Islands (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Faeroes (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Îles Féroé (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Féroé (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Färöer (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Färöer (Upper Sorbian)
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| Islas Feroé (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Faeroe, Ilhas (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| FRO (C,O,ISO3L)
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| FO (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO234 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Faroese (C,V)
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| Faroe Islander (C,V)
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| Fääri saared (C,U,Estonian)
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| Fæaerøoerne (C,U)
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| Færeyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Faero (C,U,Breton)
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| Faeröer (C,U,Dutch)
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| Faeröer (Limburgan)
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| Færøyane (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Færøyene (C,U,Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Færøyene (Norwegian)
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| Faerské ostrovy (C,U,Slovak)
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| Faerské ostrovy (Czech)
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| Farerų salos (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Faro Adaları (C,U,O,Azerbaijani)
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| Färöarna (C,U,Swedish)
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| Faroe Adaları (C,U,Turkish)
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| Faroëreilande (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Färöer-Inseln (C,U,German)
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| Faroe ƒudomekpowo nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Faroe uharteak (C,U,Basque)
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| Färsaaret (C,U,Finnish)
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| Farska ostrva (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Farski Otoci (C,U,Croatian)
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| Fearsullot (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Feroe nga Islas (C,U,Waray (Philippines))
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| Feröer (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Feröer-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Feroe Uharteak (C,U,Basque)
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| Ferooj (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Ferski otoki (C,U,Slovene)
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| Fersko otočje (C,U,Slovene)
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| Fēru salas (C,U,Latvian)
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| Giravên Faroe (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Gżejjer Faroe (C,U,Maltese)
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| i-Faroe Islands (C,U,Zulu)
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| Iles Fèroè (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Iles Féroé (C,U,French)
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| Ilhas Faroe (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Ilhas Feroé (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Illas Feròe (C,U,Occitan)
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| Illas Feroé (C,U,Occitan)
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| Illas Feroe (C,U,Galician)
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| Illas Feroe - Føroyar (C,U,Galician)
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| Illes Fèroe (C,U,Catalan)
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| Inizi Faero (C,U,Breton)
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| Inslas Feroe (C,U,Romansh)
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| Insulas Feroe (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Insulele Faroe (C,U,Romanian)
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| Insulele Feroe (C,U,Romanian)
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| Ishujt Faroe (C,U,Albanian)
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| Islas Feroe (C,U,Spanish)
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| Islles Feroe (C,U,Asturian)
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| Isole Fær Øer (C,U,Italian)
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| Isole Faroe (C,U,Italian)
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| Kepulauan Faroe (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Oileáin Fharó (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| ʻOtumotu Felou (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Quần Đảo Faroe (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Savalimmiut (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Visiwa vya Faroe (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Wyspy Owcze (C,U,Polish)
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| Ynysoedd Ffaröe (C,U,Welsh)
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| Ynysow Faroe (C,U,Cornish)
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| Фарски Острови (C,U,Macedonian)
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| 法罗群岛 (C,U,Chinese)
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| Фарска Острва (C,U,Serbian)
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| หมู่เกาะแฟโร (C,U,Thai)
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| 페로 제도 (C,U,Korean)
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| Фарер аралдары (C,U,Kazakh)
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| Фарерські острови (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| フェロー諸島 (C,U,Japanese)
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| جزر فارو (C,U,Arabic)
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| ፋሮ ደሴቶች (C,U,Amharic)
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| Νήσοι Φερόες (C,U,Greek)
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| איי פארו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Фарска острва (C,U,Serbian)
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| Фарэрскія выспы (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ფარერის კუნძულები (C,U,Georgian)
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| Фарерские острова (C,U,Russian)
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| Фарьорски острови (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ఫారో దీవులు (C,U,Telugu)
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| Νήσοι Φερόε (C,U,Greek)
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| ෆැරෝ දූපත් (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ফ্যারও দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (C,U,Bengali)
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| ஃபெரௌ தீவுகள் (C,U,Tamil)
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| Острови Фаро (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| 페로제도 (C,U,Korean)
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| ଫାରୋଇ ଦ୍ବୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ (C,U,Odia)
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| פרואר, איי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| جزایر فارو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| फरोए द्वीप (C,U,Hindi)
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| หมู่เกาะฟาร์โร (C,U,Thai)
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| ဖာရိုး ကျွန်းစုများ (C,U,Burmese)
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| Фарерские о-ва (C,U,Russian)
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| फारोर टापु (C,U,Nepali)
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| फरोए बेटे (C,U,Marathi)
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| ഫറോയി ദ്വീപുകള് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| የፋሮይ ደሴቶች (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| فروئی آئلینڈز (C,U,Urdu)
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| ფაროს კუნძულები (C,U,Georgian)
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| Фарьорски О-ви (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| የፋሮ ደሴቶች (C,U,Amharic)
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| ફૅરો આઇલેન્ડ્સ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ಫರೋ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು (C,U,Kannada)
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| Faereyiar (H,V)
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............ | meaning "sheep islands," first used ca. 1225 |
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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possession of Denmark since 1380; received self-government in 1948 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| island group (C) |
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| dependent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Tórshavn .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Faeroe Islands, Tórshavnar Kommuna) [7004166] |
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