Azores
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Azores, from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Azores pl
- 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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an archipelago and an autonomous region
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Interlingua
Proper noun
le Azores pl
- the Azores
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɾes/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsoɾes/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oɾes
- Syllabification: A‧zo‧res
Proper noun
Azores f pl
- the Azores
- Fuimos a las Azores.
- We went to the Azores.