fˈɑːnoʊ sˈɜːfɪsᵻz ɑːɹ pɚhˈæps ðə sˈɪmpəlɪst ænd mˈoʊst stˈʌdid ɛɡzˈæmpəlz ʌv ɪɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ sˈɜːfɪsᵻz ʌv dʒˈɛnɚɹəl tˈaɪp ðæt ɑːɹ nˌɑːt ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd tʊ ɐ pɹˈɑːdʌkt ʌv tˈuː kˈɜːvz ænd ɑːɹ nˌɑːɾə kəmplˈiːt ˌɪntɚsˈɛkʃən ʌv dᵻvˈaɪzɚz ɪn ɐn ˈeɪbəlˌiən vɚɹˈaɪəɾi.
Fano surfaces are perhaps the simplest and most studied examples of irregular surfaces of general type that are not related to a product of two curves and are not a complete intersection of divisors in an Abelian variety.