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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
ARMS: Argent, a Windhoek aloe (Aloe | ARMS: Argent, a Windhoek aloe (''Aloe rubrolutea'') with a raceme of three flowers on an island, proper<br/> | ||
CREST: A mural crown Or<br/> | CREST: A mural crown Or<br/> | ||
MOTTO: SUUM CUIQUE (To every man his own). | MOTTO: SUUM CUIQUE (To every man his own). | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Namibia |
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WINDHOEK
Region: Khomas
Official blazon
ARMS: Argent, a Windhoek aloe (Aloe rubrolutea) with a raceme of three flowers on an island, proper
CREST: A mural crown Or
MOTTO: SUUM CUIQUE (To every man his own).
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on 2 October 1966, with a stylized aloe, and changed on 15 September 1972 with a natural aloe.
Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, was founded in 1890 as Winterhoek and renamed in 1920. The arms show the typical Windhoek aloe (Aloe rubrolutea).
 The arms on a 1930s tobacco card |
Literature : Merrington (II)