Blue and white were traditional colours used by the Portuguese nation and also represent the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy borne in the Azores.The nine stars represent the nine islands: Sao Miguel, Sao Jorge, Terceira, Santa Maria, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, Flores, and Corvo. The bird represents the Goshawk which the word Azores derived from. The shield represents the lesser arm of Portugal, of which the Azores is an autonomous region.
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Date: Nov 17
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