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Azores
[ uh-zawrz, uh-zohrz, ey-zawrz, ey-zohrz ]
noun
, (used with a plural verb)
- 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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Notes
Strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes.
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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
A volcano broke out in the island of St. George, one of the Azores.
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The Congress at Vienna had decreed his transportation to the Azores.
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Similar stories were not unknown to him of like apparitions being familiar in the Azores.
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The two frail vessels, however, rode out the storm and at last put into one of the Azores to refit.
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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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