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An overview of Mottoes used in civic heraldry.
#Redirect [[:Category:List of mottoes used in heraldry]]
 
This page is under construction, if you see a motto on the site that is not yet listed here or have any other addition, please [{Contact|mail me]] !
 
Only true mottoes are listed here, no town names in banners around the arms.
 
The mottoes are listed by language and sorted by first letter. For clarity no capital letters are used, except the first letter as well as personal or town names.
 
==Mottoes in Dutch==
[[File:Gravenhage.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Dutch as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Heldhaftig - vastberaden - barmhartig
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Amsterdam]]
|-
 
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Sterker door strijd
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Rotterdam]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vrede en recht
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Peace and Justice
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[['s Gravenhage|'s Gravenhage/The Hague]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in English==
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Mottoes with English as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|A loyal three made stronger in one
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Loyalist Township]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Born in conflict - settled in peace
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ajax]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By industry and integrity
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Berwick (Nova Scotia)]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Determined we began - determined we remain
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ameliasburg]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|New frontiers - new beginnings
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Castor]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Pride in our past, faith in our future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Mississauga]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Pride - spirit - vision
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Armstrong]]
|-
 
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Proud heritage - promising future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Castor]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Risen - ascended - glorified
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Parish of All Saints, Peterborough]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Strength growth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Haldimand County]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Striving toward a magnificent future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Quinte West]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Together we stand
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Conception Bay South]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Tread the smoother ways of peace
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Dr. Arthur William Fisher’s poem “Niagara” (1924)
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Niagara Falls]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unity growth prosperity
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Taber]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unity responsibility loyalty
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Niagara]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Wisdom knowledge and trust
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Clarington]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in French==
[[File:lambton.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with French as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Le jour viendra
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|The day will come
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Lambton]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Sur terre et sur mer, Berthier toujours plus fier
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By sea and by land, Berthier always prouder
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Berthier-sur-Mer]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in Frisian==
[[File:tijnje.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Frisian as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In doarp riist ut 'e puollen
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[De Tynje]]
|-
 
|}
 
==Mottoes in Greek==
 
Mottoes with ancient Greek as the original language.
 
 
==Mottoes in Latin==
[[File:grenville.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Latin as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Aequitas iudicia tua domine
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Roermond]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Alcmaria victrix
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Alkmaar is victorious
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Alkmaar]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Amicitia omnibus rebus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ridgetown]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Animo et fide
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|With courage and faith
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Medicine Hat]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Centum salutationes
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[100 Mile House]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Cor unum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|With one heart
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Grand Falls]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Ex undis
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|From the waves
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Eemsmond]], [[Hefshuizen]], [[Uithuizermeeden]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Festina lente cauta fac omnia mente
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Haste, less speed and do everything with understanding
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Venlo]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fortes creantur fortibus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|The brave beget the brave
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Gorinchem]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fortis et liber
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Strong and free
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Alberta]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fraternitas - aequalitas - soliditas
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fraternity - equality - solidarity
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Grenville]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Haec libertatis ergo
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|All for the sake of freedom
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Leiden]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In deo imperium sed populus administrat
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Bruce County]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In fraternitate unitas
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unity in brotherhood
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Edmundston]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In montibus ad flumen
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In the mountains by the river
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Fernie]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Lab initio ad futurum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ancaster]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Lustor er emergo
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Zeeland (provincie)]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Miles domini indefessus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|The soldier of the Lord is never weary
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Nieuwolda]], [[Scheemda]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Multis periculis supersum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Coevorden]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Primus et princeps
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|First and foremost
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Annapolis]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Progredi prospere
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Headingley]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Regeneratio
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Luinjeberd]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Remis Saba Velisque
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saba]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Resurrectio
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Terband]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Salus et opus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Health and wealth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Kamloops]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Superba et confidens
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Sint Eustatius]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Ubi lux ibi labor
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Valleyfield]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unio silvae marisque
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Mahone Bay]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unus cum viribus duorum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Abbotsford]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Usque ad terminos orbis terrarum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|To the ends of the earth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Psalm 72:8
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Anglican Catholic Church of Canada]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vestigia nulla retrorsum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[North Cowichan]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vicit vim virtus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Virtue conquered force
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Haarlem]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vigilate deo confidentes
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Zuid Holland]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vires acquirit eundo
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|We gather strength as we go
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Virgil, Aeneid IV, 175
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Brandon]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Volet Gander
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Gander]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in Old Norse==
[[File:shetland.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Old Norse as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Með lögum skal land byggja
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By law shall the land be built up
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Njáls Saga
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Zetland]], [[Shetland Islands]]
|}
 
==Mottoes in Non-existing languages==
[[File:esquimal.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with a non-existing or phantasy language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin/Language'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Es-whoy-malth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|A shoaling place
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|transcribed from a local native American language
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Esquimalt]]
|}
 
==Mottoes in two or more langauges==
[[File:Northbattleford.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes in multiple languages.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin/Languages'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Kayas - présent - future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Past - present - future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Cree, French and English
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[North Battleford]]
|}

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