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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of the central Azores in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Faial is noted for its abundant plant life.
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Samokhvalov Conservatório Regional da Horta, ilha do Faial tiveram oportunidade de...
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Samokhvalov Conservatório Regional da Horta, ilha do Faial tiveram oportunidade de...
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Samokhvalov Conservatório Regional da Horta, ilha do Faial tiveram oportunidade de...
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Samokhvalov Conservatório Regional da Horta, ilha do Faial tiveram oportunidade de...
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Samokhvalov Conservatório Regional da Horta, ilha do Faial tiveram oportunidade de...
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She lunched with little appetite and then, because Aunt Bess had changed her mind and wanted to go ashore after all, spent the next hour or so in a hired car which took them from Funchal along the coast road to Canico and Santa Cruz and Machico, before driving over the Portela Pass to Faial.
Grasp A Nettle Neels, Betty 1977
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And, the Semana do Mar (Sea Week), dedicated almost exclusively to water sports, takes place in August in the city of Horta on the island of Faial.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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On the island of Faial, the remains of a lighthouse mark the site of a massive volcanic eruption that took place in 1957, gutting the lighthouse, burying a small village and adding more than one mile of new shoreline to the island over the course of a year.
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The islands of São Miguel, Pico and Faial produce excellent cheeses, while a fresh, creamy cheese called queijo fresco is a favorite on all the islands.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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