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esto perpetua

American  
[es-toh per-pet-oo-ah, es-toh per-pech-oo-uh] / ˈɛs toʊ pɛrˈpɛt uˌɑ, ˈɛs toʊ pərˈpɛtʃ u ə /
Latin.

  1. may she live forever: motto of Idaho.

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And only a year and a half before Grattan had dazzled his hears with the words: "Ireland is now a nation ... esto perpetua."

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

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