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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
             - file made by  Sérgio Horta
  The author has agreed to usage of his works under the GNU-FDL, as long as he is quoted as the source. 
             
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           | Author | 
            Região Autónoma dos Açores | 
          
          
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        References 
        
         - ↑  Azores, September 1999, Flags of the World website. Accessed May 21, 2008.
 
        
        
        
        
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