Meaning

2 senses
  1. An archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean

  2. An autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic (officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores)

    die Azoren

    Азо́рские острова́Azórskije ostrová, Азо́рыAzóry

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The Azores archipelago consists of nine islands.

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  2. We got plenty of fresh oranges, lemons, figs, apricots, etc., in the Azores.

    deAuf den Azoren haben wir reichlich frische Apfelsinen, Zitronen, Feigen, Aprikosen u. a. m.

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  3. Portugal is made up of the mainland and the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

    dePortugal besteht aus dem Festland sowie den Archipelen der Azoren und Madeiras.

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  4. I think you should ask him if he prefers to go to the Algarve or to the Azores.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an archipelago and an autonomous region:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an archipelago and an autonomous region:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish Azores, from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of aç

Borrowed from Spanish Azores, from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”).

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedazorite

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Azores — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto