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Faroes

noun
1.
A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands.  Synonyms: Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands.
2.
A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands.  Synonyms: Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands.






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... starved and fever-stricken men, trailed into the Biscay ports of Spain. Torn by September gales, the rest of the Armada had been sunk or stranded on the rough coasts of Scotland and Ireland. "The wreckers of the Orkneys and the Faroes, the clansmen of the Scottish isles, the kernes of Donegal and Galway, all had their part in the work of murder and robbery. Eight thousand Spaniards perished between the Giant's Causeway and the Blaskets. On a strand near ...
— A History of Sea Power • William Oliver Stevens and Allan Westcott



Words linked to "Faroes" :   Atlantic Ocean, Thorshavn, possession, Faeroe Islands, island, Atlantic, Faroe Islands



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