Faro Definition

fârō
noun
A gambling game in which the players bet on the cards to be uncovered by the removal of cards from the top of the dealer's pack.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A city in Portugal.

Wiktionary

A town in Yukon Territory, Canada.

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Origin of Faro

  • Presumably an alteration of pharaon, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Portuguese Faro, from Old Portuguese Faaron.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of Pharaoh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Faro Sentence Examples

  • He approached St Faro, the bishop of Meaux, to whom he made known his desire to live a life of solitude in the forest.

  • St Faro assigned him a spot called Prodilus (Brodolium), the modern Breuil, in the province of Brie.

  • Portugal, on the other hand, having abolished the Inquisition in 1821, has since 1826 allowed Jews freedom of religion, and there are synagogues in Lisbon and Faro.

  • Peter I., through his commander Ruggiero di Loria, defeated the French off the Faro; and from 1282 to 1713 Messina remained a possession of the Spanish royal house.

  • In shape it is roughly triangular,' whence the ancient poetical name of Trinacria, referring to its three promontories of Pelorum (now Faro) in the north-east, Pachynum (now Passero) in the south-east, and Lilybaeum (now Boeo) in the west.

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Words Starting With

FFAFAR

Words Ending With

OROARO

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Words Starting With F and Ending With O

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