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Farne Islands

Farne Islands proper noun: an archipelago off the coast of Northumberland, England, included in North Sunderland parish (OS grid ref NU23).

Proper noun

Farne Islands

  1. An archipelago off the coast of Northumberland, England, included in North Sunderland parish (OS grid ref NU23).

Origin of Farne Islands

Uncertain, but see Lindisfarne. Recorded by Bede (c. 750) as Farne. Possibly from Old English farena, genitive plural of fara (“traveller”). Allen Mawer (1920) and Richard Coates (2000) proposed derivation from Old Irish fearann (“territory”).

Questions about Farne Islands

What does Farne Islands mean?
Farne Islands means an archipelago off the coast of Northumberland, England, included in North Sunderland parish (OS grid ref NU23).
What part of speech is Farne Islands?
Farne Islands is a proper noun.

Words near Farne Islands in the dictionary

  1. Farnans
  2. Farnborough
  3. Farnborough Green
  4. Farncombe
  5. Farndish
  6. Farne Islands
  7. Farnell
  8. Farnells
  9. Farner
  10. Farners
  11. farnesal

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