Azores

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See also: azores and azorés

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Azores, from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈzɔːz/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪzɔːɹz/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z

Proper noun

the Azores pl

  1. An archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic and an autonomous region of Portugal comprising this archipelago, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

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Proper noun

le Azores pl

  1. the Azores

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɾes/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsoɾes/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾes
  • Syllabification: A‧zo‧res

Proper noun

Azores f pl

  1. the Azores
    Fuimos a las Azores.
    We went to the Azores.
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