Associations to the word «Faroes»

Wiktionary

FAROES, proper noun. See Faroe Islands
FAROES, noun. A breed of domestic sheep, native to the Faroe Islands

Dictionary definition

FAROES, noun. A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands.
FAROES, noun. A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats