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Faro.

Faro (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Algarve, Portugal)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈfa.ɾu/Brazil/ˈfa.ɾu/Portugal
  1. Faro (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Algarve, Portugal)

    masculine
  2. Faro (a district in southern Portugal)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From earlier Fárão. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron, from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), from Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn, “Aaron”). Doublet of Aarão. The city was named after a local Moorish qadi.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.