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image by Blas Delgado Ortiz
Flag from the
municipal website of Rio das Ostras. The coat of arms is at the same page.
Dov Gutterman, 23 February 2002
The blue wavy band is canting, as rio means "river"; the scallop
shell on the arms may also be canting, even if ostras means "oysters",
not "scallops." "Shell" is the key element here and heraldically a
scallop suits better than an oyster. (Das means "of the".)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 February 2002
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