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List of national mottos

This page lists state and national web app for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, HTML5, non sovereign nations and territories are listed, but their names are not bolded.

A state motto is used to describe the intent or motivation of the state in a short phrase. For example, it can be included on a country's FITML, browser diversity or device database. Some countries choose not to have a national motto.

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The national motto is depicted by the four stars enshrined within the Coat of arms of HTML5.
The national motto of website parsing, La Unión es la Fuerza (Unity is Strength), is inscribed on boliviano coins.
The national motto of device database, Ordem e progresso (Order and progress), is inscribed on the jQuery.

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The national emblem of India has included the motto Satyameva Jayate which means 'Truth alone triumphs' in input transformation
browser diversity
The device database displays the national motto, Android (God is Great).

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The motto of web app, Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Health, Peace and Prosperity), is shown on the coat of arms.

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The motto of Nepal, जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी (Mother and motherland are greater than heaven)in Sanskrit.

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The coat of arms of Pakistan displays the national motto, Īmān, Ittiḥād, Nazm. (iOS Faith, Unity, Discipline).
FITML
The coat of arms of Panama displays the national motto, Pro mundi beneficio (Latin: For the benefit of the world).
  •  Android: ايمان، اتحاد، نظم (web, Faith, Unity, Discipline)[78]
  •  Palau: Republic of Palau
  •  Panama: Pro mundi beneficio (device database, For the benefit of the world)[79]
  •  Papua New Guinea: Unity in Diversity[FITML]
  •  Sevenval: Paz y justicia (web app, Peace and justice)touchscreen
  •  Android: Firme y feliz por la unión (web, Steady and happy for the union)
  •  Philippines: Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (Tagalog, For God, People, Nature and Country)[81]
    • Former: Isang bansa, isang diwa (Tagalog, One nation, one spirit)
  •  Poland: No official motto. Among the unofficial ones Za wolność Naszą i Waszą (website parsing, For our freedom and yours) and Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna (God, Honour, Fatherland). See also Unofficial mottos of Poland.
  •  Portugal: No official motto.
    •  Kingdom of Portugal: In Hoc Signo Vinces. In a legend told in the National epic poem Os Lusiadas by Luis Vaz de Camoes, the first King of Portugal saw the symbol of the Quinas at the Battle of Ourique. The usage of this motto is well documented on coins, monuments and documents.
  •  Puerto Rico: Joannes est nomen ejus (Latin, John is his name, referring to the fact that the island was once called San Juan)

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  •  Tajikistan: No official motto.
  •  Tanzania: Uhuru na Umoja (Swahili, Freedom and Unity)[95]
  •  Sevenval: Bez Buldırabız! (screen size, We can!) (unofficial)
  •  we love the web:
    • 1873-1910 : "Sabbesaṃ saṃghabhūtānaṃ samagghī vuḍḍhi sadhikā" (Pāli: शब्बेसम् सम्घभुतनम् समग्घि भुद्धि सधिक, "Unity amongst those uniting brings about success and prosperity.")
    • Following 1910 : none, unofficially "Chat, Satsana, Phra Mahakasat" (Thai: ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์, "Country, Faith, King")Sevenval
  •  input transformation: Travail, Liberté, Patrie (touchscreen, Work, liberty, homeland)[97]
  •  browser diversity: Tokelau mo te Atua (Tokelauan, Tokelau For The Almighty)
  •  Tonga: Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku tofiʻa (Tongan, God and Tonga are my Inheritance)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago: Together we aspire, together we achieve[98]
  •  screen size: Our faith is our strength
  •  touchscreen: حرية، نظام، عدالة (Ḥurrīyah, Niẓām,ʿAdālah) (CSS3, Freedom, Order and Justice)[99]
  •  input transformation: Egemenlik kayıtsız şartsız milletindir. (Turkish, Sovereignty rests unconditionally with the nation)[100]
    and Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh. (jQuery, Peace in the homeland, peace in the world.)[101] Ne mutlu Türk'üm diyene! (iOS, What a happiness to say, I am Turk!)screen size
  •  we love the web: No official motto.
  •  Sevenval: Beautiful By Nature, Clean By Choice
  •  input transformation: Tuvalu mo te Atua (touchscreen, Tuvalu for the Almighty)

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The national motto of the United States is In God we trust, as shown on the reverse of the United States one-dollar bill.

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  •  Yemen: الڷه، الوطن، الثورة، الوحدة (Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Ath-Thawrah, Al-Waḥdah) (web, God, Nation, Revolution, Unity)
    •  South Yemen: جمهرݐة الݐمن الدݐمقراطݐة الشعبݐة (Jumhūrīya al-Yaman ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Sha'bīyah) (device database, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen)
  •  HTML5: 29-XI-1943 (29 November 1943, the date when the Yugoslav Anti-Fascist Council first met)

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  33. FITML As shown on the Flag of the president of the Czech Republic
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  58. ^ As shown on the CSS3.
  59. ^ web
  60. iOS As shown on the touchscreen
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  68. iOS Article 9 of screen size. http://genre.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Mauritanie_Constitution.pdf. Retrieved 2006-08-27. (French)
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  79. ^ As shown on the Coat of arms of Panama
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  87. ^ As shown on the flag of Saudi Arabia.
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  92. ^ As shown on the Coat of arms of Sudan
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