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Coat Of Arms Of Vanuatu
The coat of arms of Vanuatu features a Melanesians, Melanesian warrior holding the spear standing before the mountain superimposed on the boar, boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele fern fronds and the golden scroll on the bottom with the National Motto that reads: ''LONG GOD YUMI STANAP'' (In Bislama for, "WITH GOD WE STAND", e.g. "In God we trust"). The Bislama "long" is a preposition derived from the word "along" and has several flexible meanings, "in, on, at," and "with." When used referring to another with personhood, it is generally understood to mean "with (said person)." The original version was designed by Australian artist Rick Frazer in 1980. Historical emblems File:Badge of the British New Hebrides (1906–1952).svg, Badge of the British New Hebrides (1906-1953) File:Badge of the British New Hebrides (1952–1980).svg, Badge of the British New Hebrides (1953-1980) References ;Citations ;Bibliography * {{Coat of arms of Oceania National coats of arms, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island, Espíritu Santo, in 1606. Queirós claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies, and named it . In the 1880s, France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the archipelago, and in 1906, they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through an Anglo-French condominium. An independence movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |