Faial Island

• Location: Azores/Portugal
• Variant names: Ilha do Faial

'Beech Wood Island' from faial 'beech wood'. However, this was an inaccurate description by those who named the island because the beech trees were in fact wax myrtle.

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Copyright © John Everett-Heath 2005. All rights reserved.

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