- a variation of Faial.
Fayal
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Cathy Fayal, 43, who runs the shop, and has made such hair-raising set-pieces a speciality over the past few years, was unrepentant, despite protests that the display had "gone too far".
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2010
One day last week the volcanic crust of the earth subsided under Fayal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Horta, port of the Island of Fayal in the Azores, can hardly be called a port, although it has a thriving farming and fishing population.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearest port was at Fayal in the Azores, 700 miles away; Officer Trewsbury thought they had a fair chance of making it till he discovered how much of their boat's stores were ruined or missing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again Essex betrayed his inexperience and his failure, while Rawleigh, in a brilliant action, took Fayal.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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