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Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: December 22, 1895; 129 years ago () by pro-independence members of the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico exiled in New York City; members identified colors as red, white, and blue but did not specify color shades; some historians have presumed members adopted light blue shade based on the light blue flag of the ...
Coat of arms of CRPR, representing an independent Republic of Puerto Rico, features, atop the motto Patria y Libertad (Homeland and Liberty), the flag of Puerto Rico, the island in front of a rising sun, the three red (blood of warriors) and two white (peace after independence) stripes of the flag, and the lion of the Spanish Kingdom being ...
Solomon Islands Solomon Aelan: Honiara Honiala: English Neo-Solomonic: Somalia: Mogadishu: Soomaaliya aş-Şūmāl الصومال: Muqdisho Maqadīshū مقديشو: Somali Arabic (Arabic script) South Africa: Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital) South Africa Suid-Afrika iNingizimu ...
Distinct Puerto Rican words like "jevo,", "jurutungo" and "perreo" have been submitted to Spain's Royal Academy- considered the global arbiter of the Spanish language.
It is officially known both as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and as the Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, which translates to Free Associated State of Puerto Rico. The island’s non-state ...
Angkor is a vernacular form of the word នគរ nokor which comes from the Sanskrit word नगर 'nagara' meaning capital or city. Cameroon: Yaoundé (1922–1940 and 1946–present): The name of Yaoundé is a corruption of the name of the Ewondo, originally ethnic groups residing here. Ewondo-speakers call Yaoundé "Ongola".
(Spanish for "Island of Enchantment") [5] Puerto Rico does not have an official bird. In 2001 the legislature passed a bill designating the pitirre ( Tyrannus dominicensis ), but the governor vetoed the bill because although native to it is not endemic to Puerto Rico.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. Capital and largest city of Puerto Rico Capital city and municipality in Puerto Rico, United States San Juan Capital city and municipality Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Santurce, San Juan Bay, and Old San Juan from San Cristóbal Fortress Old San ...