The story
- Old Norse · derived fromFæreyjar“Faroe Islands”
- English todayFaroe Islands
From Old Norse Færeyjar (“Faroe Islands”, literally “Sheep Islands”), a compound of fær (“sheep”) and eyjar (“islands”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Faroe Islands
Today it means: An archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland. Full definition →
Old Norse Færeyjar