Azores
proper noun
- islands of the North Atlantic constituting an autonomous region of Portugal
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈzɔːz/ / /ˈeɪzɔːɹz/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Azores, from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”).
- An archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean
- An autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic (officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores)