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Faeroe Islands

American  
[fair-oh] / ˈfɛər oʊ /
Or Faroe Islands

plural noun

  1. a group of 21 islands in the North Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and Iceland, belonging to Denmark but having extensive home rule. 540 square miles (1,400 square kilometers). Torshavn.


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As monarch, she crisscrossed the country and regularly visited Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, the two semi-independent territories which are part of the Danish Realm, and was met everywhere by cheering crowds.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023

Premier League champion Manchester City apparently avoided a scare — Erling Haaland’s ankle injury sustained in a friendly between Norway and the Faeroe Islands on Thursday doesn’t seem to be too serious.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Premier League champion Manchester City apparently avoided a scare - Erling Haaland’s ankle injury sustained in a friendly between Norway and the Faeroe Islands on Thursday doesn’t seem to be too serious.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Albania can qualify if it wins its last game at home against the Faeroe Islands.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

In 1820 he obtained his doctor’s degree by a chemical treatise De mangano, and immediately after set out on a journey through England, Scotland and the Faeroe Islands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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