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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
'''Country''' : Denmark [[File:Denmark-small.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Country''' : Faroe Islands [[File:foroyar1.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>


'''TÓRSHAVN'''


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===Official blazon===
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|'''Danish'''
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|'''Faroese'''
| blazon wanted
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|'''English'''
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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The waves are canting for the second part of the name, which means harbour.  
The waves are canting for the second part of the name, which means harbour.  


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[[Literature]] : Achen, 1982
[[Literature]] : Achen, 1982


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[[Category:Faroe Islands]]
[[Category:Faroe Islands]]

Latest revision as of 08:20, 3 September 2023

Arms (crest) of Tórshavn
TÓRSHAVN

Country : Denmark
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Country : Faroe Islands
Foroyar1.jpg




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Official blazon
Danish blazon wanted
Faroese blazon wanted
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms have first been used in the 1920s, and have never been officially granted. The arms show the hand with a hammer, symbolising the Germanic God Thor, after which the town is named.

The waves are canting for the second part of the name, which means harbour.

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Literature : Achen, 1982


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