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Färnebofjärden
Färnebofjärden is an expansive complex of bays, islets, and floodplains where the Dalälven river widens in lower Dalälven, central Sweden, protected as a national park since 1998 and a Ramsar wetland.
Farnese Bull
The Farnese Bull (Toro Farnese) is a colossal Roman marble group carved around A.D. 200 for the Baths of Caracalla, now in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
Farnese Hercules
The Farnese Hercules (Ercole Farnese) is a colossal Roman marble statue of a weary Hercules leaning on his club, discovered in Rome's Baths of Caracalla in 1546.
Farnesene
Farnesene is a set of six acyclic sesquiterpene isomers, C₁₅H₂₄ hydrocarbons found in apple skins and aphid alarm signaling, produced commercially by fermentation since 2009.
Farnesol
Farnesol is an acyclic sesquiterpene alcohol formed from farnesyl pyrophosphate, found in more than 30 essential oils and used as a floral fragrance ingredient and permitted flavoring.
Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase
Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase (squalene synthase, EC 2.5.1.21, FDFT1) condenses two farnesyl diphosphate molecules via presqualene diphosphate and NADPH into squalene, the first committed step of sterol biosynthesis and a cholesterol-lowering drug target.
Farnham
Farnham, Surrey: historic market town on the River Wey, 37.5 miles SW of London. Episcopal manor from Domesday; Farnham Castle, Waverley Abbey, Roman Alice Holt potteries, Mesolithic pit-dwellings; Craft Town since 2013.
Farningham
Farningham, a village in Sevenoaks district, Kent, on the River Darent, notable for three Roman villas (Villa II excavated 1948 by Meates), a bath house, Roman ditches, and Neolithic and Iron Age occupation evidence.
Farnsworth House
The Farnsworth House is a glass and steel house in Plano, Illinois, designed by Mies van der Rohe for Dr. Edith Farnsworth and built from 1949 to 1951.
Farnworth
Farnworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Lancashire. Known for coal pits from 1611, underground canals to Worsley, a 1939 municipal borough, and the Farnworth Green regeneration.
Faro
Faro, also spelled Pharaoh or Farobank, is a French banking card game, first recorded in 1688, in which players bet on card ranks against a dealer's bank.
Faro District
Faro District (Distrito de Faro), Portugal's southernmost district, covering the whole Algarve: 16 municipalities, 4,997 km², 467,343 residents (2021), capital Faro, second-highest property prices after Lisbon.
Faro, Portugal
Faro, Portugal: Algarve capital on the Ria Formosa, ancient Ossónoba, Moorish Ukxûnuba, bishopric seat since 1540; municipality of 202.57 km², 80,256 residents in 2025.
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands (Føroyar) are 18 volcanic North Atlantic islands, a self-governing part of Denmark under the 1948 Home Rule Act, with 54,149 people, Tórshavn as capital, and a fisheries-dominated economy outside the EU.
Faroe Islands national football team
Faroe Islands men's national football team (Føroyar), FSF-run FIFA/UEFA member since 1988/1990; famous 1-0 win over Austria 1990 and 2014-15 double over Greece.
Faroe Islands Premier League
The Faroe Islands Premier League, also known as Formuladeildin, is the top-flight men's football division of the Faroe Islands, founded in 1942 and run by the Faroe Islands Football Association.
Faroese ballads
Kvæði are the narrative ballads of the Faroe Islands, sung without instruments while dancers perform the Faroese chain dance, an oral tradition dating to the 13th century.
Faroese language
Faroese (føroyskt) is a North Germanic, Insular Scandinavian language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, with about 66,000 speakers, an etymological orthography from 1846/1847, and official status since 1948.
Faroese orthography
Faroese orthography is the etymological spelling system of Faroese, created mainly by Hammershaimb in 1846/1847 from Old West Scandinavian, producing a large written-spoken gap; Jakobsen's phonetic 1889 alternative was rejected.
Farokh Engineer
Farokh Maneksha Engineer (born 25 February 1938, Bombay) is a former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman, 46 Tests 1961–75, 2,611 runs at 31.08, and 12 years with Lancashire; Padma Shri 1973, India's Brylcreem Boy.
Faron Young
Faron Young (1932-1996), the Singing Sheriff, was a Shreveport-born country honky-tonk star with over eighty chart hits including Hello Walls and It's Four in the Morning, co-founder of Music City News, and a 2000 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee.
Farong
Farong (法融, 594–657), also known as Niutou Farong, was a Chinese Chan monk of the early Tang dynasty, traditionally credited as founder of the Ox-head school on Mount Niutou.
Farooq Abdullah (فاروق عبداللہ)
Farooq Abdullah (فاروق عبداللہ, born 1937) is a Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader, three-time chief minister (1982–84, 1986–90, 1996–2002), son of Sheikh Abdullah, and advocate of restoring Article 370.
Farooq Ahmed Dar
Farooq Ahmed Dar, also Farooq Ahmad Dar, is a Kashmiri shawl weaver from Chil village, Budgam, tied to an army jeep as a human shield on 9 April 2017; distinct from the hotelier and politician of the same name.
Farooq Azam
Farooq Azam, born 1940 in Lahore, is a marine microbiologist and emeritus professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography who coined the microbial loop concept and won the 2026 Kyoto Prize.
Farooq Sheikh (फ़ारूक़ शेख)
Farooq Sheikh (फ़ारूक़ शेख), also Farooque Shaikh (1948–2013), Indian actor of Parallel Cinema, star of Garam Hawa, Chashme Buddoor, Umrao Jaan; National Film Award winner for Lahore; host of Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai.
Faropenem
Faropenem (Farom) is a synthetic oral penem beta-lactam antibiotic, first marketed in Japan in 1997, approved also in India, with broad-spectrum activity, high beta-lactamase stability, and WHO reserve classification.
Faropoint Industrial SLB Fund, LP
Faropoint Industrial SLB Fund, LP, originally Faropoint Industrial SLB Club, LP, is a Delaware private equity fund formed in 2024 and based in Hoboken, New Jersey, investing in industrial sale-leaseback properties.
Faropoint Industrial Value
Faropoint Industrial Value is a private equity real estate investment manager based in Hoboken, New Jersey, founded in 2012, which buys small last-mile industrial warehouses in supply-constrained U.S. urban markets.
FAROTECH (法奥意威)
FAROTECH (法奥机器人) is a Chinese collaborative-robot manufacturer founded in April 2019 in Suzhou by Yao Ting and Gong Xiangfeng, which builds cobots with self-developed components and entered A-share IPO tutoring in 2026.