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“Faro” or “Farrow” or “Pharaoh”

faro / farrow / pharaoh are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

faro f·EH·r·ow

  • nouna card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.

farrow f·EH·r·OW

  • nounthe production of a litter of pigs.
  • verbgive birth.

pharaoh f·EH·r·ow

  • nounthe title of the ancient Egyptian kings.
Usage

Examples in context

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“faro”

  • Faro, Portugal
  • …divided into the districts of Faro and Campbell when the new…
  • …consisted primarily of town of Faro, as well as much of…
  • …to the Legislative Assembly in Faro in 1978.
  • …handful of French soldiers guarding Faro.
  • …Barros (model), 2 – Jonatas Faro (actor), 3 – Debora Nascimento…
  • …Dionísio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, High Commissioner of Angola (1930–1931)
  • …de Noronha, 2nd Count of Faro with whom he had seven

“farrow”

  • …of Woman for director John Farrow.
  • John Farrow briefly took over direction during…
  • Farrow called for a careful examination…
  • …Phantom Stagecoach (1957) as Harry Farrow
  • Maibaum ended up sacking John Farrow as director after a dispute…
  • Ronan Farrow, who published the Weinstein exposé…

“pharaoh”

  • At any time, the pharaoh could exert his own control…
  • …Kind of Death (1966) introduced Pharaoh Love, the first gay black…
  • …the soul of the deceased pharaoh could ascend to the heavens.
  • …mother of the Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Teti, announced on 11 November
  • …and another anti-Buster song, "Prince Pharaoh", notably the only record featuring…
  • Ramesses XI, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. 1107–1077 BC
  • …completed by the 19th dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II.
  • …before one-gender perfection as a pharaoh: Therefore, as each female had…
  • …refer to Shabaka, a Kushite pharaoh of Egypt's twenty-fifth dynasty.
  • …New Woman (Emancypantki, 1893), and Pharaoh (Faraon, 1895)

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