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Description
Deutsch:  
Wappen der Azoren
Blasonierung „…“
English:  
Coat of arms of the Azores ( Portugal)
Blazon “…”
Español:  
Escudo de armas de las Azores
Blasonamiento «…»
Français :  
Blason des Açores
Blasonnement « … »
Magyar:  
Címer: Azori-szigetek
Címerleírás „…”
Polski:  
Herb Azorów
Blazonowanie „…”
Português:  
Brasão de armas dos Açores
Descrição heráldica Escudo: de prata, açor estendido de azul, bicado, lampassado, sancado e armado de vermelho, bordadura de vermelho, carregada de nove estrelas de cinco raios de oiro;
Elmo: de frente, de oiro, forrado de vermelho;
Timbre: açor sainte de azul, bicado e lampassado de vermelho, carregado de nove estrelas de cinco raios de oiro;
Paquife: de azul e prata;
Suportes: dois toiros de negro, coleirados e acorrentados de oiro, sustendo o da dextra um balção da Ordem de Cristo, com lança azul, ponta e copos de oiro, e sustentando o da sinistra um balção vermelho, com uma pomba estendida de prata, com lança azul, ponta e copos de oiro;
Divisa: «Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos»
Referência artigo 3.º do Decreto Regional n.º 4/79/A, de 10 de Abril
Русский:  
Герб Азорских островов
Блазонирование “…”
Early Portuguese visitors mistook the local variety of buzzard, Buteo buteo rothschildi, for goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) and the Portuguese word for "goshawk", açor (pl. açores), is the root of the islands' name. Goshawks also remain a common motif in Azorean heraldry and vexillology.
Date 10 April 1979
Source http://www.fisicohomepage.hpg.ig.com.br/azr.htm
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Author Região Autónoma dos Açores
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References

  1. ↑ Azores, September 1999, Flags of the World website. Accessed May 21, 2008.
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