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Faeroe Islands

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Faer·oe Islands or Far·oe Islands  (fâr)
A group of volcanic islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and the Shetland Islands. Originally settled by Celtic peoples, the islands passed to Denmark in 1380.
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Noun1.Faeroe Islands - a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands
2.Faeroe Islands - a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands
Thorshavn - the administrative center of the Faroe Islands
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east


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Isolation of Lyme disease borrelia from puffins (Fratercula arctica) and seabird ticks (Ixodes uriae) on the Faeroe Islands.
After a four-year absence because of war, Yugoslavia eased back into international soccer with easy wins over the Faeroe Islands and Malta.
When Ola Steen won the architectural competition for the Nordic House on the Faeroe Islands (AR July 1986, p67), he presented a somewhat schematic proposal which none the less had a clever and flexible plan.
 
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