FAROE ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Faroe Islands mean? 

• FAROE ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun FAROE ISLANDS 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: FAROE ISLANDS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAROE ISLANDS (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 "Faroe Islands"):

Thorshavn (the administrative center of the Faroe Islands)

Holonyms ("Faroe Islands" 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)

 Context examples 

The 197 study participants are from the Faroe Islands, 200 miles north of England, where fish is a major component of the diet.

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