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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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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

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

Haaland was hurt when playing in Norway’s 2-0 win over the Faeroe Islands in a friendly on Thursday.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2023

Albania hosts the Faeroe Islands in the final round Monday, when the Czechs host Moldova.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023

Oes are violent whirlwinds off the Faeroe Islands, said at times to raise the water in syphons.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

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