FAROES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Faroes mean? 

• FAROES (noun)
  The noun FAROES has 2 senses:

1. a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands

2. a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands

  Familiarity information: FAROES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAROES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Faeroe Islands; Faeroes; Faroe Islands; Faroes

Instance hypernyms:

possession (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Faeroe Islands; Faeroes; Faroe Islands; Faroes

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Faroes"):

Thorshavn (the administrative center of the Faroe Islands)

Holonyms ("Faroes" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)