Faroe Islands
/ˈfeərəʊ/(亦作Faeroe Islands 或the Faroes)
- a group of islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands, belonging to Denmark but partly autonomous; pop. 48,900 (est. 2009); languages, Faroese (official), Danish; capital, Tórshavn. The shipping forecast area Faroes covers this area of the Atlantic.法罗群岛（北大西洋上冰岛与设得兰群岛之间的一群岛屿, 属于丹麦, 但部分自治, 2009年估计人口48,900, 语言有法罗语［官方语言］和丹麦语两种, 首府托尔斯港; 法罗群岛航情预报区即以大西洋的这一地区为范围）。