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Azores
[ uh-zawrz, uh-zohrz, ey-zawrz, ey-zohrz ]
noun
- a group of islands in the N Atlantic, W of Portugal: politically part of Portugal. 890 sq. mi. (2,305 sq. km).
Azores
/ əˈzɔːz /
plural noun
- the Azoresthe Azores three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles) Portuguese nameAçores
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Other Words From
- A·zo·re·an A·zo·ri·an [uh, -, zawr, -ee-, uh, n, -, zohr, -], adjective noun
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Example Sentences
There is now another sea day to look forward to before our final stop in the Azores.
This is the third of Maçanita’s wines I’ve fallen for recently, after his Fitapreta a Touriga vai Nua and his Rosé Vulcânico from the Azores.
A volcano broke out in the island of St. George, one of the Azores.
The Congress at Vienna had decreed his transportation to the Azores.
Similar stories were not unknown to him of like apparitions being familiar in the Azores.
The two frail vessels, however, rode out the storm and at last put into one of the Azores to refit.
In the latitude of the Azores it became necessary to force the yacht's engines to escape from a German corsair.
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