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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Герб Маўрыкія – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Герб Маўрыкія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8E" title="Герб Маўрыцыю – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Герб Маўрыцыю" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb_Mauricijusa" title="Grb Mauricijusa – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Grb Mauricijusa" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escut_de_Maurici" title="Escut de Maurici – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Escut de Maurici" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfbais_Mawrisiws" title="Arfbais Mawrisiws – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Arfbais Mawrisiws" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wappen_von_Mauritius" title="Wappen von Mauritius – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wappen von Mauritius" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritiuse_vapp" title="Mauritiuse vapp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mauritiuse vapp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Εθνόσημο του Μαυρίκιου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνόσημο του Μαυρίκιου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_de_Mauricio" title="Escudo de Mauricio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Escudo de Mauricio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazono_de_Ma%C5%ADricio" title="Blazono de Maŭricio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Blazono de Maŭricio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoiries_de_Maurice" title="Armoiries de Maurice – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Armoiries de Maurice" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%A8%EB%A6%AC%EC%85%94%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EC%9E%A5" title="모리셔스의 국장 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="모리셔스의 국장" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb_Mauricijusa" title="Grb Mauricijusa – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Grb Mauricijusa" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="মরিশাসর চিনত্হান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মরিশাসর চিনত্হান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skjaldarmerki_M%C3%A1rit%C3%ADus" title="Skjaldarmerki Máritíus – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Skjaldarmerki Máritíus" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemma_di_Mauritius" title="Stemma di Mauritius – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stemma di Mauritius" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1" title="סמל מאוריציוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סמל מאוריציוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricijaus_herbas" title="Mauricijaus herbas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mauricijaus herbas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius_c%C3%ADmere" title="Mauritius címere – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mauritius címere" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%81" title="Грб на Маврициус – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Грб на Маврициус" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapen_van_Mauritius" title="Wapen van Mauritius – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wapen van Mauritius" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E7%AB%A0" title="モーリシャスの国章 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="モーリシャスの国章" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius%E2%80%99_riksv%C3%A5pen" title="Mauritius’ riksvåpen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mauritius’ riksvåpen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Mauritiusa" title="Herb Mauritiusa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Herb Mauritiusa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb_Mauricijusa" title="Grb Mauricijusa – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Grb Mauricijusa" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritiuksen_vaakuna" title="Mauritiuksen vaakuna – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mauritiuksen vaakuna" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius_riksvapen" 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color: white">Coat of arms of Mauritius</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius.svg/250px-Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius.svg/375px-Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius.svg/500px-Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="331" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Republic of Mauritius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1906</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Shield_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shield (heraldry)">Shield</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Quarterly azure and or: (1) A lymphad or; (2) 3 palm trees vert; (3) A key in pale the wards downwards gules; (4) From the base a pile, and in chief a mullet argent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporters</a></th><td class="infobox-data">On the dexter side, a <a href="/wiki/Dodo" title="Dodo">dodo</a> per bend sinister embattled gules and argent and on the sinister side, a <a href="/wiki/Sambar_(deer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sambar (deer)">sambur deer</a> per bend embattled argent and gules, each supporting a sugar cane erect proper</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Stella Clavisque Maris Indici</b> <br /> "Star and Key of the Indian Ocean"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Earlier version(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_Mauritius_(1869%E2%80%931906).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Badge_of_Mauritius_%281869%E2%80%931906%29.svg/100px-Badge_of_Mauritius_%281869%E2%80%931906%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Badge_of_Mauritius_%281869%E2%80%931906%29.svg/150px-Badge_of_Mauritius_%281869%E2%80%931906%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Badge_of_Mauritius_%281869%E2%80%931906%29.svg/200px-Badge_of_Mauritius_%281869%E2%80%931906%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/British_Mauritius" title="British Mauritius">British Mauritius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Use</th><td class="infobox-data">1869–1906</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></b> are stipulated in the "<i>Mauritius Laws 1990 Vol.2 SCHEDULE (Section 2)</i>". In the lower left quarter is a key and on the right-hand side is a white star, which are referred to in the Latin motto "Stella Clavisque Maris Indici" meaning "Star and Key of the Indian Ocean". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Blazon">Blazon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Blazon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The armorial ensigns and supporters of Mauritius are officially described as:<sup id="cite_ref-coat_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coat-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>(a) for arms- </p> <ol><li>Quarterly azure and or.</li> <li>In the first quarter a <a href="/wiki/Lymphad" title="Lymphad">lymphad</a> or.</li> <li>In the second, 3 <a href="/wiki/Palm_(plant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm (plant)">palm</a> trees vert.</li> <li>In the third, a key in pale the wards downwards gules.</li> <li>In the issuant, from the base a pile, and in chief a mullet argent.</li></ol> <p>(b) for the supporters- </p> <ol><li>On the dexter side, a <a href="/wiki/Dodo" title="Dodo">dodo</a> per bend sinister embattled gules and argent, and</li> <li>On the sinister side, a <a href="/wiki/Sambar_(deer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sambar (deer)">sambur deer</a> per bend embattled argent and gules, each supporting a sugar cane erect proper,</li></ol> <p>(c) with the motto "Stella Clavisque Maris Indici" (<i>lat: Star and Key of the Indian Ocean</i>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colour_code">Colour code</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Colour code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Azure – Royal Blue (Pantone Reflex Blue)</li> <li>Or – Gold (Metallic Gold)</li> <li>Vert – Emerald Green (Pantone Green)</li> <li>Gules – Warm Red (Pantone 2X)</li> <li>Argent – Silver (Metallic Silver)<sup id="cite_ref-coat_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coat-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Mauritius&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Coat of arms of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Guinea-Bissau" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Coat of arms of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Kenya" title="Coat of arms of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Lesotho" title="Coat of arms of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Liberia" title="Coat of arms of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Libya" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Madagascar" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Malawi" title="Coat of arms of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Mali" title="Coat of arms of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a 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