Coat of arms of Dominica
| Coat of arms of Dominica | |
|---|---|
| Armiger | Commonwealth of Dominica |
| Adopted | 1961 |
| Crest | A Rocky Mount Sable thereon a Lion Passant guardant Or |
| Torse | Argent and Azure |
| Shield | Quarterly Or and Azure a cross fillet counterchanged in the first quarter on a Rocky Mount Sable a Coconut Tree fructed proper in the second a Dominica Crapaud also proper in the third on Water Barry wavy in base a Carib canoe with sail set all likewise proper in the fourth quarter on a Rocky Mount also sable a Banana Tree fructed also proper |
| Supporters | On either side of Sisserou Parrot (Amazona imperials) proper beaked and membered or |
| Motto | Apres Bondie C'est La Ter (Kwéyòl: After God, it is the earth.) |
| Earlier version(s) | |
| Use | 1909–1961 |
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The coat of arms of Dominica was adopted on July 21, 1961. It consists of a shield with two guardian sisserou parrots bracing the shield atop of which is a lion passant. The quarters of the shield depict a canoe, a banana tree, a palm and a frog of the native species known as the mountain chicken. Below the shield is the national motto: Apres Bondie C'est La Ter (After God is the Earth).