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Azure
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(derived, through the Romance languages, from the Arabic al-lazward, for the precious stone lapis lazuli, the initial 1 having dropped), the lapis lazuli; and so its colour, blue.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Azure'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/azure.html. 1910.