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    Faroe Islanders (redirect from Faroeses)
    Faroese people or Faroe Islanders (Faroese: føroyingar; Danish: færinger) are an ethnic group native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of mixed Norse...
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  • Look up Faroese or Faroish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Faroese (/ˌfɛəroʊˈiːz, ˌfær-/ FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-) or Faroish (/ˈfɛəroʊɪʃ, ˈfær-/ FAIR-oh-ish...
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  • Faroese (/ˌfɛəroʊˈiːz, ˌfær-/ FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-; endonym: føroyskt [ˈføːɹɪst]) is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000...
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    The Faroe or Faeroe Islands (/ˈfɛəroʊ/ FAIR-oh), or simply the Faroes (Faroese: Føroyar, pronounced [ˈfœɹjaɹ] ; Danish: Færøerne [ˈfeɐ̯ˌøˀɐnə]), are an...
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    develop in two markets independently of each other. On 31 May 1940, special Faroese banknotes were introduced. They consisted of Danish notes with a special...
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  • Føroyskir Sosialistar (English: Faroese Socialists) or FS was a left-wing political party founded by Faroese students in Denmark in 1962. The party was...
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  • IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Faroese orthography is the method employed to write the Faroese language, using a 29-letter Latin alphabet...
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    Faroese people in Denmark (also known as Faroese Danes) are residents of Denmark with a Faroese ethnic background. In 2006, 21,687 people of Faroese descent...
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    The Faroese goose (Føroyska Gásin in Faroese) is probably the oldest form of tame goose in Europe and possibly the direct descendants of the tame geese...
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  • Faroese Americans (Faroese: føroyskir amerikumenn) are Americans of Faroese descent or Faroe Islands-born people who reside in the United States. The...
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    Important parts of Faroese cuisine are lamb and also fish owing to proximity to the sea. Traditional foods from the Faroe Islands include skerpikjøt (a...
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    The Faroese Sheepdog is a breed of dog from the Faroe Islands, rather described as a landrace than a modern breed. It may be related to the Icelandic...
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    Faroese literature, in the traditional sense of the word, has only really developed in the past two hundred years. This is mainly because of the islands'...
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    A Faroese shawl is a traditional piece of clothing from the Faroe Islands. The most distinguishing characteristic of Faroese shawls is the center back...
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  • ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. The phonology of Faroese has an inventory similar to the closely related Icelandic language, but...
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    Faroese art is art by artists living in the Faroe Islands and art by Faroese nationals living abroad. In the Faroe Islands, art is an important part of...
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  • 1974 Faroese general election This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below....
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    elections. The dissolution of the Løgting was on 8 November followed by the Faroese parliamentary election of 1946 in which the parties in favour of full independence...
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  • Faroese grammar is typical of a North Germanic language; Faroese is an inflected language with three grammatical genders and four cases: nominative, accusative...
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    Danish Realm (category Articles containing Faroese-language text)
    regular Danish passport as well. The Faroese Home Rule Act states that, in Faroese passports, Føroyingur (Faroese) and Føroyar (Faroe Islands) shall be...
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  • The Faroese Society (Faroese: Føringafelag) was a Faroese association. The society was established on January 6, 1889 with a twofold objective: 1) For...
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  • form coalition governments. There are two major ideological cleavages in Faroese politics. In addition to the left-right spectrum, parties are also divided...
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    The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling in North America and simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, is...
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    country, and broadcast some content in Faroese. The history of SvF goes back to the 1960s. In 1969, the Faroese parliament decided to create an organisation...
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    Denmark (category Articles containing Faroese-language text)
    of the Danish government in the Faroese Løgting and in the Greenlandic Parliament, but they cannot vote. The Faroese home government is defined to be...
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    Faroe Islands national football team (category CS1 Faroese-language sources (fo))
    The Faroe Islands national football team (Faroese: Føroyska fótbóltsmanslandsliðið, Danish: Færøernes fodboldlandshold) represents the Faroe Islands in...
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  • English (UK), English (US), English (upside down), Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), Frisian, Fula, Galician...
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    SS Sauternes (category CS1 Faroese-language sources (fo))
    carrying 22,500 Danish kroner minted in the United Kingdom for use by the Faroese, since Denmark had been occupied by the Germans and was not sending any...
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  • The Faroese Communist Party (Faroese: Kommunistiski flokkur Føroya) was founded at a conference in Tórshavn 14th-15 June 1975. In 1974 a communist group...
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    Løgting (redirect from Faroese Parliament)
    must take place, at the earliest, six weeks after the proclamation. The Faroese ting or assembly was originally a so-called alþing, with both legislative...
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