Seal of Palau
National seal of the Republic of Palau
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The Seal of Palau depicts a traditional meeting center. The executive seal, used by overseas missions and by the nation's president, is also of a similar design.
Shielda disk shows the traditional bai, a meeting-house, stands on sixteen stones and the flag on the flagstaff with the Name of the Emblem itself: "OFFICIAL SEAL" and the year "1981" under the stones[1]
MottoOlbiil era Kelulau
The House of the whispered decisions
Republic of Palau
The House of the whispered decisions
Republic of Palau
Other elementsthe Bai is surrounded by two names: in above, the Name of the National Congress of Palau, known as: "OLBIIL ERA KELULAU" (In Palauan for, "THE HOUSE OF THE WHISPERED DECISIONS") and the Name of the State in below
| Seal of Palau | |
|---|---|
| Armiger | Republic of Palau |
| Shield | a disk shows the traditional bai, a meeting-house, stands on sixteen stones and the flag on the flagstaff with the Name of the Emblem itself: "OFFICIAL SEAL" and the year "1981" under the stones[1] |
| Motto | Olbiil era Kelulau The House of the whispered decisions Republic of Palau |
| Other elements | the Bai is surrounded by two names: in above, the Name of the National Congress of Palau, known as: "OLBIIL ERA KELULAU" (In Palauan for, "THE HOUSE OF THE WHISPERED DECISIONS") and the Name of the State in below |
The seal also resembles the seal of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the governing body which formerly controlled Palau.
Historical coats of arms
- Coat of arms of Spain, until 1899
- Coat of arms of the German Empire, 1899–1914
- Proposed arms of German New Guinea, 1914
- Emblem of Imperial Japan, 1914–1944
- Emblem of the South Seas Mandate
- Coat of arms of the United States, 1944–1981
- Emblem of the United Nations, 1947–1965
- Emblem of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1965–1980