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Azores

proper noun

  1. islands of the North Atlantic constituting an autonomous region of Portugal
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈzɔːz/ / /ˈeɪzɔːɹz/

name

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

  1. An archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean
  2. An autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic (officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores)
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