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Føroyar (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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Føroyar (dependent state) (P) |
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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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Tórshavn .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Føroyar, Tórshavnar Kommuna) [7004166] |
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