faro

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faro¹

  • /ˈfɛəɹəʊ/ UK

Sounds like pharaoh · Rhymes with -ɛəɹəʊ

Where it comes from

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

noun

  1. uncountable 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.

    Similar: farobank, pharaoh

Faro²

Where it comes from

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

proper noun

  1. A city in Portugal.

Faro³

proper noun

  1. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
  2. A department of the North Region, Cameroon.
  3. A town in central Yukon, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township, Madison County, Missouri, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.

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noun banking card game

Portuguêsfaraó
Françaispharaon
DeutschPharo
Italianofaraone
Русскийфарао́н faraón

name city in Portugal

中文法魯 /法鲁 Fǎlǔ
हिन्दीफ़ारो fāro
PortuguêsFaro
DeutschFaro

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"faro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/faro. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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faro. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/faro

Chicago

"faro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/faro.

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@misc{faro_2026,
  title = {faro},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faro},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}