Faaron

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), named after a local Muslim chieftain.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa.aɾoŋ/

Proper noun

Faaron

Faro (a city in the Algarve region, in modern Portugal)
Synonym: Santa Maria
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 183 (facsimile):
  
  Eſta e dun miragre q̇ moſtrou ſtȧ maria en Faaron q̇do era de mouros.
  This is about a miracle that Holy Mary showed in Faro when it was Moorish.

Descendants

Portuguese: Faro, Fárão

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