Personal coats of arms A famous example of canting arms are those of
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's paternal family, the
Bowes-Lyon family. The arms (pictured below) contain the bows and blue lions that make up the arms of the Bowes and Lyon families. File:Bowes-Lyon Arms.svg|
Bowes-Lyon family:
bows and
lions File:Arms of Beatrice of York.svg|
Princess Beatrice of York:
Beatrice = bee thrice = three
bees File:Rosetti arms.svg|
Rosetti family: three
roses File:Quintin Hogg Arms.svg|
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone: three
hog's heads File:Cokborgne blason.png|
Cockburn: three red
cocks File:Coat of Arms of John Caspar Crowninshield.svg|
Crowninshield family:
crown in
shield File:Blason-argent-3-jumelles-gueules.svg|
De Barry family: three
bars gemelles File:Costa.png|Coat of arms of the head of the Portuguese
Costa family:
costa means "rib" in
Latin and
Portuguese File:Coat of Arms of Dwight Eisenhower.svg|
President Dwight D. Eisenhower: a blacksmith's
anvil, as
Eisenhauer is
German for "iron-hewer" File:Flag of Maryland.svg|alt=Flag of Maryland, originally the arms of George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, whose mother's maiden name was Crossland; the latter's arms shows a cross.|
Flag of Maryland, originally the arms of
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, whose mother's maiden name was Crossland; the latter's arms shows a
cross. File:Coat of Arms of Theodore Roosevelt.svg|
Theodore Roosevelt: roses-
fields File:Blason famille Maus (Gressenich, Namur, Anvers, Bruxelles).svg|Maus family: a mouse in the first and fourth
quarters. File:Anthony Michael Gerard Rota Escutcheon.png|
Anthony Rota:
rota means "wheel" in Latin File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Edwin_Forrest.svg|
Edwin Forrest: Three trees and a tree
crest (
forest) File:De-Saint-Pol-Campdavene.svg|Arms of the Campdavaine branch of the
counts of Saint-Pol: a sheaf of
oats (
Camp d' means
field of oats in that family's
Picard language [''Champ d'avoine'' in Paris French]).
Municipal coats of arms Municipal coats of arms which interpret the town's name in rebus form are also called canting. Here are a few examples. File:Coat of Arms of Berwickshire County Council 1890-1975.svg|The arms of
Berwickshire, Scotland:
Bear and
wych elm File:Elmbridge BC Crest of Arms.png|
Elmbridge,
Surrey (1974):
elm tree on bridge. (The toponym is related to bridges but not to elms; the prefix refers to
Emel, a former name for the
river Mole.) File:Blason de la ville de Châteaurenard (13).svg|
Châteaurenard:
Château = castle;
Renard = fox File:DEU Eberbach COA.svg|
Eberbach (1976):
Eber = boar;
Bach = brook (wavy blue fess) File:Hensbroek.svg|The coat of arms of the village of
Hensbroek in North Holland interprets the toponym as "hen-breeches" (the toponym is unrelated to either "hen" or "breeches", deriving from the personal name
Hein and the Dutch cognate of "brook", i.e. "Henry's brook".) File:FEC.png|
Freixo de Espada à Cinta (1926):
Freixo =
ash (tree);
de Espada = with
sword;
à Cinta = at the waist, in
Portuguese File:Falkenberg kommunvapen - Riksarkivet Sverige-vector.svg|
Falkenberg (1948):
Falken = falcon;
Berg = hill, in
Swedish File:Seinäjoki.vaakuna.svg|
Seinäjoki (1951): = wall,
joki = river Kontiolahti.vaakuna.svg|Arms of
Kontiolahti featuring a
bear ( or
kontio), carrying a
log driving pike pole referring to the importance of
forestry in the region's economy File:DEU Berlin COA.svg|
Berlin (1954):
Bär = bear CHE Bern COA.svg|City and canton of
Bern:
Bär = Bear File:Escudo de Manacor (Islas Baleares).svg|
Manacor:
man a cor = hand with heart, in
Catalan File:Escut de Torrevella (2001).svg|
Torrevieja (1829):
Torre = tower,
vieja = old File:Coat of Arms of Kryvyi Rih.svg|
Kryvyi Rih:
Kryvyi = crooked,
Rih = horn, in
Ukrainian File:Coat of Arms of Rueda (Valladolid).svg|
Rueda (1986):
rueda = wheel in
Spanish File:POL Łódź COA.svg|
Łódź: Łódź = boat File:DEU Wolfsburg COA.svg|
Wolfsburg: Wolf's Castle File:Blason ville fr Magenta (Marne).svg|Arms of
Magenta, France, feature a
bend sinister in
magenta, an extremely rare
tincture in heraldry File:Örnsköldsvik vapen.svg|
Örnsköldsvik (1894):
örn = eagle,
sköld = shield and
vik = Bay. File:DEU Füssen COA.svg|
Füssen:
Füße = feet File:Schaffhausen-coat of arms.svg|
Schaffhausen:
Schaf = sheep,
Haus = house File:Wappen at steinhaus.png|
Steinhaus:
Stein = stone,
Haus = house File:AUT Schattendorf COA.svg|
Schattendorf:
Schatten = shadow,
Dorf = village File:AUT Hadersdorf-Kammern COA.jpg|
Hadersdorf-Kammern:
Hader = quarrel,
Dorf = village File:Wappendornbirn.svg|The arms of
Dornbirn feature pears,
Birn in German File:Kotka.vaakuna.svg|The arms of
Kotka feature an eagle () File:Seal of South Kuching.svg|An example of canting arms outside Europe: the
Malaysian city of
Kuching features a
cat on its municipal coat of arms,
kuc(h)ing being the
Malay word for cat
Ecclesiastical coats of arms File:CoA Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing.svg|The arms of the
Diocese of Lansing: The lances crossed per
saltire are a play on the name of the see, the city of
Lansing, Michigan. File:CoA Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre.svg|The arms of the
Diocese of Rockville Centre: The mounds in the circle at the center of the arms are a play on the name of city in which the diocese is based,
Rockville Centre, New York. File:Coat of Arms Diocese of Baton Rouge, LA.svg|The arms of the
Diocese of Baton Rouge: The shield features a red baton, referencing the city name,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and its literal French meaning. File:Coat of Arms Diocese of Buffalo, NY.png|The arms of the
Diocese of Buffalo: The arms feature an
American bison, colloquially called a buffalo, carrying a banner of the Cross of St. George (analogous to the heraldic
Lamb of God), referencing the name of city in which the see is based,
Buffalo, New York. File:Coat of Arms Diocese of Brownsville, TX.png|The arms of the
Diocese of Brownsville: The tincture of the field,
tenné, is depicted as brown, referencing the seat of the diocese,
Brownsville, Texas. File:CoA Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.svg|The arms of the
Diocese of Phoenix: The arms feature a
phoenix, the namesake of the diocesan seat,
Phoenix, Arizona. File:Coat of Arms Diocese of Fort Worth, TX.png|The arms of the
Diocese of Fort Worth: The arms feature a castle, referencing the fort for which the city,
Fort Worth, Texas, was named. File:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage.svg|The arms of the
Archdiocese of Anchorage: The anchor references the namesake of the see,
Anchorage, Alaska. File:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford.svg|The arms of the
Archdiocese of Hartford: The arms feature a
hart, a male deer, in the midst of flowing water, i.e.,
fording a body of water, referencing the name of the see,
Hartford, Connecticut. File:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.svg|The arms of the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles: The arms feature three pairs of wings, denoting three angels, and referencing the namesake of the see,
Los Angeles, California, which translates to "the angels." ==See also==