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Faro

//ˈfɛəɹəʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Portugal.
  2. 2
    A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
  3. 3
    A department of the North Region, Cameroon.
  4. 4
    A town in central Yukon, Canada.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township, Madison County, Missouri, United States.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack. uncountable
  2. 2
    a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards they will draw from a dealing box wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Presumably an alteration of pharaoh, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

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