Azores
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Azores
- /əˈzɔːz/ UK
- /ˈeɪzɔːɹz/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)z
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish Azores, from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”).
proper noun the Azores
- An archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean. An. 1449. Gonsalo Vello discovered the islands called Azores, or of Hawks, because many of those birds were seen about them. They are eight in number, viz. S. Michael, S. Mary, Jesus or Tercera, Graciosa, Pico, Fayal, Flores, and Corvo. They are near about the latitude of Lisbon. In the last of them
- An autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic (officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores).
Translations
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name an archipelago and an autonomous region
| Español | las Azores |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아조레스 제도 Ajoreseu jedo |
| 日本語 | アゾレス諸島 Azoresu-shotō |
| 中文 | 亞速爾群島 /亚速尔群岛 Yàsù'ěr qúndǎo |
| हिन्दी | अज़ोरेस azores |
| Português | Açores |
| Français | les Açores |
| Deutsch | die Azoren |
| Italiano | le Azzorre |
| Ελληνικά | Αζόρες Azóres |
| Русский | Азо́рские острова́ Azórskije ostrová, Азо́ры Azóry |
| العربية | اَلْأَزُور al-ʔazūr |
Talk about this word "Azores." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/azores. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Azores. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/azores "Azores." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/azores.Cite this
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title = {Azores},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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