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An overview of Mottoes used in civic 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'''
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Niet zonder arbyt
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Not without labour
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Chesterton]], [[South Cambridgeshire]]
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|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"|Believe - love - obey
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton]]
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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"|Come all who are weary and heavy laden
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Matthew 11:28
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa]]
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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"|Ever forward
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Weston-super-Mare]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fear God honour the king
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|1 Peter 2:17
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Parish of St. Andrews]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Freedom and justice
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ghana]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Glad of thy word
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Psalm 119:162
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Parish of St. George's, Pickering Village]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|God’s will first
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Nauru]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Going forward in faith
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint Matthews, Ingleside]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|2 Peter 3:18
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Parish of St. George's, Georgetown]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|He shall rule from the river 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"|[[Parish of St. Paul's, Dunville]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|I have prepared a lamp
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Psalm 132: 17
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[ Parish of St, Mark's Qualicum Beach]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In thee are the springs of our life
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Psalm 36:9
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[ Parish of St. John's, Cambridge]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Loyal and unshakeable
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint Helena]]
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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"|Our faith is our strength
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Tristan da Cunha]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Our spirits rejoice
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint Luke's Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Peace
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Canada]]
|-
|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]]
|-
|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]]
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|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"|Rejoice in the lord alway
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians 4:4
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint Paul's Cathedral, Regina]]
|-
|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]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Serve God and be cheerful
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Sutton and Cheam]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Service with justice
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Alnwick]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Share - enjoy - prosper
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Letchworth Garden]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Sharing God’s love
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint James, Stouffvile]]
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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]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|The land, the people, the light
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint Lucia]]
|-
|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]]
|-
|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]]
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|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]]
|-
|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]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|We grow by industry
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Blyth Valley]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|We prosper by industry
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Todmorden]]
|-
|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 Fijian==
[[File: Fiji.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Fijian 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"| Rerevaka na kalou ka doka na Tui
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Fear God and honour the King
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Fiji]]
|-
|}
 
==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'''
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Sans dieu rien
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Without God nothing
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Wanganui]]
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|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==
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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 German==
[[File:stjohnsmontreal.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with German 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'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Lo how a rose e’er blooming
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|15th-century German Christmas carol
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Parish of St. John's, Montreal]]
|-
|}
 
 
==Mottoes in Greek==
 
Mottoes with ancient Greek as the original language.
 
 
==Mottoes in Latin==
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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"|A mare 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"|[[Saint Pierre et Miquelon]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Absit invidia
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Let there be no ill-will
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Limavady]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Adveniat regnum tuum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Thy kingdom come
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|the Lord’s Prayer
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa]]
|-
|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]]
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|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]]
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|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"|[[Carshalton]], [[Medicine Hat]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Audentior
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|With greater boldness
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Virgil's Aeniad
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Watford]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Cantate domino
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|O sing unto the Lord
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Psalm 149:1
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Holy Saviour Church, Waterloo]]
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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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Copia et concordia
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Harmony and abundance
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Vacoas/Phoenix]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Confitemini domino
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|O give thanks unto the Lord
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Psalm 118, verse 1
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Holy Trinity Church, Chatham]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fide condita, fructu beata, spe fortis 
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Founded in faith, rich in the fulfilment thereof, strong in the hope for the future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Christchurch]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fidelis
|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"|[[Abbeville]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fides probata coronat
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Confirms what has been proved good and true
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ashburton (New Zealand)]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fortiter defendit triumphans
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|'Triumphing by brave defence
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Alberta]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Haec otia studia fovent
|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"|[[University of Liverpool]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In deo fidemus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|We trust in God
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Brighton]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|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"|Industria arte prudentia
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By industry skill and foresight
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Calderdale]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Inter sylvas et flumina habitans
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Living among woods and streams
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Castle Morpeth]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Jesu flos matris virginis
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Jesus, flower born of the Virgin Mother
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Jesu Dulcis Memoria, a poem attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Halifax]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Jubilate deo
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Make a joyful noise onto the Lord
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Psalm 100
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton]]
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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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Liliis tenaci vimine jungor
|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"|[[Amiens]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Luctor 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"|Mediis Tranquillis in Undis
|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"|[[Borkum]]
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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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Montis insignia Calpe
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Of the mountain called Calpe
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Gibraltar]]
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|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"|Per ardua ad summa
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Through difficulties to the heights
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Beddington and Wallington]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Per ardua in fide servite deo
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Through difficulties serve God in faith
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Sutton (London Borough)]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Praesidemus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|We stand on guard
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Military Ordinariate of Canada]]
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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]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Remis Saba Velisque
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|With all one's might
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Saba]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Scientia Ingenium artes
|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"|[[University of Wales]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Semper pro grediens
|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 Maarten (eiland)]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Stella clavisque Maris Indici
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Star and key of the Indian Ocean
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Mauritius]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Suprema a situ
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Supreme by position
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Wellington]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Tenax et fidelis
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Firmness and faithfulness
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Beau Bassin - Rose Hill]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unum deum in trinitate veneremur
|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"|[[Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec]]
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|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]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Urbis et orbis honor
|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"|[[Beaune]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|}
 
==Mottoes in Maori==
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Mottoes with Maori 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'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Te pai me te whairawa
|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"|[[Waitakere]]
|}
 
==Mottoes in Old Norse==
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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'''
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|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 Tuvalu==
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Mottoes with Tuvalu 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'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Tuvalu mot e atua
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| Tuvalu for God
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Tuvalu]]
|-
|}
 
 
==Mottoes in Welsh==
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Mottoes with Welsh 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'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Gwerth cyngor gwasanaeth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|The virtue of a council is its service
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Glyndŵr]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Mon mam Cynru
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Anglesey, Mother of Wales
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Isle of Anglesey]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Nid cadern ond brodyrdde 
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"| No strength but in fellowship
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[ Merthyr Tydfil]]
|-
|}
 
 
==Mottoes in Non-existing languages==
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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 languages==
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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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