NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Coat of arms of Vanuatu

The Coat of arms of Vanuatu features a Melanesian warrior superimposed on a boar's tusk, over a scroll that reads "We stand with God" in Bislama. Image File history File links Vanuatu_coa. ... Melanesia (from Greek black islands) is a region extending from the west Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. ... 17th Century Brazilian Tapuia A warrior is a person habitually engaged in warfare. ... // Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig. ... Pacific Walrus at Cape Peirce A tusk is an extremely long tooth of certain mammals that protrudes when the mouth is closed. ... Bislama is a Melanesian creole language, one of the official languages of Vanuatu. ...

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Coat of arms of Oceania

	Australia Image File history File links Australia. ...	Australia · Norfolk Island · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands The Coat of arms of Norfolk Island is the official symbol of the island and external Australian territory of Norfolk Island. ...
	Melanesia Copyright 2004 Affordable Solutions Pty Ltd Aust. ... Map showing Melanesia. ...	East Timor · Fiji · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu The coat of arms of East Timor (officially: Timor-Leste) contains the shield of Conselho Nacional de ResistÃªncia Timorense (National Council of Timorese Resistance). ... the coat of arms rule ...
	Micronesia Image File history File links Micronesia. ...	Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau The coat of arms of the Marshall Islands consists of a blue background, which represents the sea. ...
	Polynesia Image File history File links Polynesia. ... Carving from the ridgepole of a MÄori house, ca 1840 Polynesia (from Greek: Ï€Î¿Î»ÏÏ‚ many, Î½á¿†ÏƒÎ¿Ï‚ island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...	American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · New Zealand · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna The Seal of American Samoa is based in traditional local design. ... The Coat of Arms of the Cook Islands has a shield as its focal point The shield contains the fifteen stars found on the national flag. ... To the right is the Coat of Arms of New Zealand. ... The Coat of arms of Wallis and Futuna consists of elements from the unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna featuring a red saltire on a white square, which in turn is placed on a red field (alternatively, a larger white cross pattÃ©e is used). ...