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It is also color of the Italian state police ( Polizia di Stato). The association between azure and Italian nationalism led to the Italian national football team donning azure jerseys, giving them the nickname, the Azzurri ('the Azures'). Azure ( azzurro) is a traditional national color for Italy, taken from the traditional colors of the House of Savoy, the ruling house of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia that established the first modern united Italian state.It represents the east and the spring season. It is sometimes called the Azure Dragon of the East (simplified Chinese: 东方青龙 traditional Chinese: 東方青龍 pinyin: Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng), and it is known as Seiryū in Japan and Cheongryong in Korea. In Chinese mythology, the Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.Côte d'Azur ('Azure Coast') is a name commonly used for the French Riviera, part of France's southeastern coast on the Mediterranean.Azure-winged magpie ( Cyanopica cyana), bird in the crow family, Corvidae.Azure-shouldered tanager ( Thraupis cyanoptera), bird in the family Thraupidae.Azure-rumped tanager ( Tangara cabanisi), bird in the family Thraupidae.Azure-naped jay ( Cyanocorax heilprini), bird in the crow family, Corvidae.Azure-hooded jay ( Cyanolyca cucullata), bird in the crow family, Corvidae.Azure-crowned hummingbird ( Amazilia cyanocephala), a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.Azure tit ( Cyanistes cyanus), bird in the tit family, Paridae.