Azorean

A·zores (

zôrz,

rz,

-zôrz

-z

) also A·ço·res (ä-sôr

sh)

A group of volcanic islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean about 1,448 km (900 mi) west of mainland Portugal, of which they are administrative districts. Fishing, farming, and tourism are important to their economy.

A·zore·an, A·zori·an adj. & n.

Azores [əˈzɔːz]

pl n

(Placename) the. three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop.: 242 073 (2001). Area: 2335 sq. km (901 sq. miles) Portuguese name Açôres

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Noun

Azores - islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes"

Acores

Portugal, Portuguese Republic - a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)

Translations

Azores [əˈzɔːz] NPL → Azores fpl

Azores [əˈzɔː^rz] npl
the Azores → les AÃ§ores fpl

Azores

pl → Azoren pl

Azores [əˈzɒːz] npl the Azores → le Azzorre

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Acores
Açores
Açôres
Angra do Heroísmo
Arisarum vulgare
Centaurium scilloides
common canary
Faial
Flores
friar's-cowl
genus Arisarum
genus Pteris
Horta
Ponta Delgada
Portugal
Portuguese Republic
Pteris serrulata
ribbon fern
São Miguel

The Azorean flag-carrying airline, the Azores Express, hired us to help promote it as a destination.

Portuguese wine 'ambassador' Jayme Simoes by Kibbe, Cindy / New Hampshire Business Review

Gloucester is one of New England's oldest fishing communities and the author spends much time depicting its character as the home of wave after wave of doughty immigrants: Welsh, English, Sicilian, Azorean.

The last survivors: jellyfish by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

The group, which had previously certified the Azorean pole and line skipjack tuna fishery in 2006, said that tuna from Sri Lanka's Global Sea Foods and Decatrading, and sushi tuna from the Swiss producer Covedis and retailer Manor were covered by the latest certification.

Conservation efforts increase for tuna; fish companies, governments ... by Quick Frozen Foods International

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