City&Country Mottos Flashcards by maia crook | Brainscape

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Melbourne

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vires acquirit eundo

she requires strength as she goes

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Canada

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a mari usque ad mare

from sea to sea

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Montreal

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concordia salus

salvation through harmony

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Paris

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fluctuat nec mergitus

tossed by the waves, she does not flounder

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Prague

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Praga capot rei publicae

Prague, head of the republic

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Warsaw

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semper invicta

always invincible

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Dublin

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obedientia civium urbis felicitas

happy the city where citizens obey

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London

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domine dirige nos

Lord direct us

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Westminster

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custodi civitatem domine

guard the city, O Lord

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Manchester

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concilio et labore

by wisdom and effort

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Edinburgh

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nisi dominus frustra

except the lord in vain

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St. Andrews

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dum spiro, spero

while I breath I hope

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Chicago

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urbs in horto

city in a garden

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Boston

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sicut patribus sit deus nobis

god be with us as he was with our fathers

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Detroit

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speramus meliorai resurget cineribus

we hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes

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Philadelphia

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philadelphia maneto

let brotherly love continue

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Perth

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pro lege et libertate

for law and liberty

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Venice

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esto perpetua

may she last forever

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Kingdom of Italy

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foedere et reliogione tenemur

we are held together by past and by religion

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Monaco

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deo iuvante

with god’s help

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Panama

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pro mundi beneficio

for the benefit of the world

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Romania

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nihil sine deo

nothing without god

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Sealand

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e mare libertas

from the sea, freedom

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Spain

A

plus ultra

further beyond

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Switzerland

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unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno

one for all, all for one

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United States

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e pluribus unum

from many one