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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Faroe Islands (redirect from Faroese islands)
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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Common starling (redirect from Faroese Starling)
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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Kringvarp Føroya (redirect from Faroese television)
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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