List of national flags by design - Wikipedia

A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a country. Flags come in many shapes and designs, which often represent something about the country ... Listofnationalflagsbydesign FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Wikipedialistarticle Anationalflagisaflagthatrepresentsandsymbolizesacountry.Flagscomeinmanyshapesanddesigns,whichoftenrepresentsomethingaboutthecountryorpeoplethattheflagrepresents.Commondesignelementsofflagsincludeshapessuchasstars,stripes,andcrosses,layoutelementssuchasincludingacanton(arectanglewithadistinctdesign,suchasanothernationalflag),andtheoverallshapeofaflag,suchastheaspectratioofarectangularflag(whethertheflagissquareorrectangle,andhowwideitis)orthechoiceofanon-rectangularflag. Manycountrieswithsharedhistory,culture,ethnicity,orreligionhavesimilaritiesintheirflagsthatrepresentthisconnection.Setsofflagsinthislistwithinthesamecategorymayrepresentcountries'sharedconnections,orthedesignsimilaritymaybeacoincidence. Contents 1Flagsofuncommonshapes 2Star 2.1Onefive-pointedstarincenter 2.2Onefive-pointedstaronhoist 2.3Onefive-pointedstaroncanton 2.4Multiplefive-pointedstarsofequalsize 2.4.1Circleoffive-pointedstars 2.5Multiplefive-pointedstarsindifferentsizes 2.6Six-pointed 2.7Many-pointed 2.7.1Onemany-pointedstar 2.7.2Multiplemany-pointedstars 2.8SouthernCross 2.9Starsandstripes 3Crescents 3.1Facingup 3.2Facingfly 3.3Facingdiagonally 4Circle 4.1Onecircleincenter 4.2Onecircleonhoist 4.3Onebrokenorimpliedcircle 5Triangle 5.1Triangle(s)incentre 5.2Triangle(s)onhoist 6Stripes 6.1Twoequalhorizontalstripesintwocolors 6.2Threeequalhorizontalstripesintwocolors 6.2.1Threethin-and-thickhorizontalstripesintwocolors 6.2.2Threefimbriatedthin-and-thickhorizontalstripesintwocolors 6.3Manyequalhorizontalstripesintwocolors 7Threecolors 7.1Threeequalhorizontalstripesinthreecolors 7.2Threeunequalhorizontalstripesinthreecolors 7.3Fiveunequalhorizontalstripesinthreecolors 84colors,2ColorsAnd5Colors 8.1Fourequalhorizontalstripesinfourcolors 8.2Vertical 8.2.1Twoequalverticalstripesintwocolors 8.2.2Twounequalverticalstripesintwocolors 8.2.3Twounequalserratedverticalstripesintwocolors 8.2.4Threeequalverticalstripesintwocolors 8.2.5Threeequalverticalstripesinthreecolors 8.2.6Threeunequalverticalstripes 8.2.6.1NordicCrossflag 8.2.6.2SaintGeorge'sCross 8.2.6.3Others 8.3Diagonal 8.3.1Twodiagonalstripes 8.3.2Threefimbriateddiagonalstripes 8.3.2.1Manyradiatingdiagonalstripes 8.3.2.2Pall 9Cross 9.1Uprightcentredcross 9.2SaintGeorge'sCross 9.3NordicCross 9.3.1NordicCrossintwocolors 9.3.2NordicCrossinthreecolors 9.4Onecrossinemblem 9.5Diagonalcross 9.5.1St.Andrew'sCross 9.6Uprightanddiagonalcentredcrosses 9.7UnionJack 10Divisions 10.1Upperleftdividedfromrestofflag 10.2Oneverticalstripeonhoist 10.3Fourequalrectanglesmeetingatcenter 10.4Fourequaltrianglesmeetingatcenter 11Othersymbolsandpictures 11.1Sun 11.2Moon 11.3Human 11.4Animal 11.4.1Bird 11.4.1.1Eagle 11.4.2Livestock 11.4.3Lion 11.5Coatofarms 11.6Weaponry 11.7Ships 11.8Agriculturalandindustrialtools 11.9Plants 11.10Fleur-de-lis 11.11Map 11.12Building 11.13Square 11.14Othersymbols 12Text 12.1Countryname 12.2Countrynameandmotto 12.3Motto 12.4Othertexts 13Flagsofanotherstate 14Relatedarticles 15Externallinks Flagsofuncommonshapes[edit]  Belgium:Aspectratioof13:15  ElSalvador:Aspectratioof189:335  Monaco:Aspectratioof4:5  Nepal:Theonlynationalflagthatisnotrectangular,beingmadewith5sides.  Niger:Aspectratioof6:7  Qatar:Thelargestaspectratioofanynationalflag,11:28,makingtheflag'swidth2.545timeslargerthantheheight.  Switzerland:1:1(Square-shaped)  Togo:Aspectratioof2:3.23607,thegoldenratiowhichisroughly1.618035  VaticanCity:Undefined Star[edit] Onefive-pointedstarincenter[edit]  BurkinaFaso  Cameroon  Ghana  Morocco  Myanmar  Paraguay  Senegal  Somalia  Somaliland(unrecognized)  Suriname  Vietnam  SocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(1946–1992) Seealsothelistofflagsfeaturingcrescents,below,manyofwhichincludeafive-pointedstarinthecrescent. Onefive-pointedstaronhoist[edit]  CentralAfricanRepublic  Cuba  DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo  Djibouti  EastTimor  Guinea-Bissau  NorthKorea  PuertoRico  SouthSudan  RepublicofWestPapua(unrecognized)(MorningStarFlag) Onefive-pointedstaroncanton[edit]  Chile  Liberia  Togo Multiplefive-pointedstarsofequalsize[edit]  Abkhazia(unrecognized)(7)  BosniaandHerzegovina(9,2ofwhicharehalfstars)  Comoros(4)  FederatedStatesofMicronesia(4)  Honduras(5)  HongKong(China)(5)  Kosovo(partlyrecognized)(6)  Panama(2)  Philippines(3)  SaintKittsandNevis(2)  SãoToméandPríncipe(2)  Singapore  SolomonIslands(5)  Syria(2)  Turkmenistan(5)  Tuvalu(9)  UnitedStates(varies,basedonnumberofstates,currently50)  Uzbekistan(12)  Venezuela(8) Circleoffive-pointedstars[edit]  CapeVerde(10stars)  CookIslands(associatedstateofNewZealand)(15stars)  Dominica(10stars)  Tajikistan(7stars)  UnitedStates(1777–1795)(13stars)  EuropeanUnion(12stars) Multiplefive-pointedstarsindifferentsizes[edit]  Brazil(varies,basedonnumberofstates,currently27)  Grenada(7)  NewZealand(4)  Niue(associatedstateofNewZealand)(5)  PapuaNewGuinea(5)  People'sRepublicofChina(5)  Samoa(5) Six-pointed[edit] NationalflagofIsrael  Bonaire(NetherlandsCaribbean)  Burundi  Croatia  EquatorialGuinea  Israel  Slovenia Many-pointed[edit] Onemany-pointedstar[edit] NationalsealoftheMarshallIslands  Azerbaijan(8points)  Jordan(7points)  Malaysia(14points)  MarshallIslands(24points)  Nauru(12points) Multiplemany-pointedstars[edit] NationalflagofNepal  Australia(one5-pointedstar,five7-pointed)  Nepal(moonandsun:one16-pointed,one12-pointedrespectively) SouthernCross[edit]  Australia  Micronesia  NewZealand  PapuaNewGuinea  Samoa Starsandstripes[edit] flagoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica flagofCapeVerde  Aruba(4Pointsand2Stripes)  Azerbaijan  CapeVerde(10,5pointedstars)  Chile  Comoros  Croatia  Cuba  Djibouti  Ghana  Guinea-Bissau  Honduras  Jordan  NorthKorea  Liberia  Libya  Malaysia  Myanmar  Nauru  Philippines  PuertoRico  SahrawiArabDemocraticRepublic(unrecognized)  SãoToméandPríncipe  Singapore  Slovenia  Somaliland(unrecognized)  SouthSudan  Suriname  Syria  Tajikistan  Togo  UnitedStates  Uzbekistan  Venezuela  RepublicofWestPapua(unrecognized) Crescents[edit] Facingup[edit] NationalflagofNepal  Brunei  Mauritania  Mongolia  Nepal Facingfly[edit] NationalflagofTurkey  Algeria  Azerbaijan  Comoros  Karakalpakstan(autonomousrepublicofUzbekistan)  Libya  Malaysia  Maldives  NorthernCyprus(unrecognized)  SahrawiArabDemocraticRepublic(unrecognized)  Singapore  Tunisia  Turkey  Uzbekistan Facingdiagonally[edit] NationalflagofPakistan  Comoros(1978–1992)  Croatia  Moldova  Pakistan  Turkmenistan Circle[edit] Onecircleincenter[edit] NationalflagofIndia  Belize  Brazil  Burundi  Ethiopia  Grenada  India  Japan  Kazakhstan  SouthKorea  Laos  Niger  NorthMacedonia  Paraguay  Tunisia  Uganda Onecircleonhoist[edit] NationalflagofBangladesh  Bangladesh  Greenland(autonomousterritoryofDenmark)  NorthKorea  Namibia  NewCaledonia(Frenchoverseascollectivity)  Palau  Portugal Onebrokenorimpliedcircle[edit] NationalflagofEritrea  Afghanistan  CaboVerde  CookIslands(associatedstateofNewZealand)  CookIslands(1973–1979)  Dominica  Eritrea  Europe(variousorganisations)  FrenchPolynesia(Frenchoverseasterritory)  NorthernMarianaIslands(USoverseasterritory) Triangle[edit] Triangle(s)incentre[edit] NationalflagofBosniaandHerzegovina  AntiguaandBarbuda  BosniaandHerzegovina  Israel(6thatmakeuptheshape,2todrawit)  SaintLucia Triangle(s)onhoist[edit] NationalflagoftheCzechRepublic Seealso:Chevron(insignia)  Bahamas  Comoros  Cuba  CzechRepublic  Djibouti  EastTimor  Eritrea  EquatorialGuinea  Guyana  Jamaica  Jordan  Mozambique  Palestine(disputed)  Philippines  PuertoRico  SahrawiArabDemocraticRepublic(unrecognized)  SãoToméandPríncipe  Seychelles(1976–1977)  SintMaarten  SouthAfrica  SouthSudan  Sudan  Tuvalu(1995–1997)  Vanuatu  Zimbabwe Stripes[edit] Twoequalhorizontalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofIndonesia NationalflagofPoland  Angola  Benin  BurkinaFaso  CzechRepublic  Djibouti  Guinea-Bissau  Haiti  Indonesia  Liechtenstein  Madagascar  Monaco  Philippines  Poland  Singapore  SintMaarten  SanMarino  Ukraine  Wales(UKconstituentcountry) Threeequalhorizontalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofArgentina NationalflagofAustria  Argentina  Austria  Bahamas  Belarus(1991–1995)  Honduras  Nicaragua  ElSalvador  ConfederateStatesofAmerica(1861–1863) Threethin-and-thickhorizontalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofCambodia  Armenia(ConstituentrepublicoftheSovietUnion)  Belize  Cambodia  FrenchPolynesia(overseascollectivityofFrance)  Guam(USoverseasterritory)  Laos  Latvia  Lebanon  Mauritania  Moldavia(ConstituentrepublicoftheSovietUnion)  SãoToméandPríncipe  Spain  Transnistria(unrecognized) Threefimbriatedthin-and-thickhorizontalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofNorthKorea Seealso:Fimbriation  Botswana  Eswatini  Kirghizia(ConstituentrepublicoftheSovietUnion)  Kyrgyzstan(1991–1992)  NorthKorea  Suriname  Turkmenistan(ConstituentrepublicoftheSovietUnion)  Turkmenistan(1991–1992) Manyequalhorizontalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofGreece  Abkhazia(unrecognized)(7)  Cuba(5)  Greece(9)  Liberia(11)  Malaysia(14)  PuertoRico(5)  Seborga(18stripes)  Togo(5)  Uruguay(9)  UnitedStates(13)  RepublicofWestPapua(unrecognized)(13)(MorningStarFlag) Threecolors[edit] Threeequalhorizontalstripesinthreecolors[edit] FlagofKenya  Afghanistan(1928)  Afghanistan(1980–1987)  Afghanistan(1987–1992)  Afghanistan(1992)  Afghanistan(1992–2001)  Afghanistan(2001–2002)  Armenia  RepublicofArtsakh(unrecognized)  Azerbaijan  Biafra(1967–1970)  Bolivia  Bulgaria  Croatia  Egypt  Estonia  Ethiopia  Gabon  Germany  Germany(1867–1919,1933–1935)  Ghana  Ghana(1962–1966)  EquatorialGuinea  Hungary  India  Iran  Iraq  IraqiKurdistan(autonomousregioninIraq)  Jordan  Kenya  Kuwait  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malawi  Mozambique  Myanmar  NewCaledonia(overseascollectivityofFrance)  Niger  Netherlands  Oman  Paraguay  Palestine(partlyrecognized)  RussianFederation  SahrawiArabDemocraticRepublic(unrecognized)  SouthOssetia(unrecognized)  Sudan  Sudan(1956–1971)  SierraLeone  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Somaliland(unrecognized)  SouthAfrica(1928–1994)  SouthSudan  Spain(1931–1939)  Syria  UnitedArabEmirates  UpperVolta(1958-1984)  Uzbekistan  Venezuela  Yemen  Zanzibar(semi-autonomousregioninTanzania) Threeunequalhorizontalstripesinthreecolors[edit] FlagofTheGambia  Afghanistan(1974–1978)  AntiguaandBarbuda  Colombia  Crimea(disputed)  Ecuador  Gambia  Lesotho  Libya  Rwanda  Tajikistan Fiveunequalhorizontalstripesinthreecolors[edit] FlagofCostaRica FlagofCapeVerde  CapeVerde  CostaRica  Eswatini  Suriname  Thailand 4colors,2ColorsAnd5Colors[edit] Fourequalhorizontalstripesinfourcolors[edit]  CentralAfricanRepublic  Comoros  Mauritius Vertical[edit] Twoequalverticalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofAlgeria  Algeria  Malta  VaticanCity Twounequalverticalstripesintwocolors[edit]  RussianSovietFederativeSocialistRepublic(ConstituentrepublicoftheSovietUnion)  Pakistan  Portugal Twounequalserratedverticalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofBahrain  Bahrain  Qatar Threeequalverticalstripesintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofGuatemala  Barbados  Guatemala  Mongolia  Nigeria  Peru Threeequalverticalstripesinthreecolors[edit] Furtherinformation:Tricolour(flag) NationalflagofFrance  Afghanistan  Belgium  Cameroon  Chad  France  Guinea  Ireland  Italy  IvoryCoast  Mexico  Mali  Moldova  Romania  Rwanda(1962–2001)  Senegal Threeunequalverticalstripes[edit] NationalflagofCanada Furtherinformation:Canadianpale  Andorra  Canada  NorfolkIsland(Australianexternalterritory)  SaintVincentandtheGrenadines NordicCrossflag[edit]  ÅlandIslands(autonomousregionofFinland)  Denmark  FaroeIslands(autonomousterritorywithintheKingdomofDenmark)  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Scania(provinceofSweden)  Sweden SaintGeorge'sCross[edit]  England  UnitedKingdom  Georgia  Guernsey(UKcrowndependency) Others[edit]  DominicanRepublic  Georgia–Jerusalemcross  UnitedKingdom–Saltire  Dominica  Malta  Switzerland Diagonal[edit] Twodiagonalstripes[edit] NationalflagofPapuaNewGuinea  Bhutan  ChristmasIsland(externalterritoryofAustralia)  PapuaNewGuinea Threefimbriateddiagonalstripes[edit] NationalflagofTanzania  DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo  Namibia  SaintKittsandNevis  Tanzania  TrinidadandTobago Manyradiatingdiagonalstripes[edit] NationalflagoftheMarshallIslands  Guyana(6)  Eritrea(3)  MarshallIslands(4)  Seychelles(5) Pall[edit] NationalflagofSouthAfrica  SouthAfrica  Vanuatu Cross[edit] Uprightcentredcross[edit] NationalflagoftheDominicanRepublic  Switzerland  Dominica  DominicanRepublic  Martinique(overseasregionofFrance) SaintGeorge'sCross[edit] NationalflagofEngland  England(UKconstituentcountry)  Guernsey(UKcrowndependency)  KingdomofGreatBritain  UnitedKingdom NordicCross[edit] Furtherinformation:NordicCross NordicCrossintwocolors[edit] NationalflagofFinland  Denmark  Finland  Scania(provinceofSweden)  Sweden  KalmarUnion(1397-1523) NordicCrossinthreecolors[edit] NationalflagofIceland  ÅlandIslands(autonomousregionofFinland)  FaroeIslands(autonomousterritorywithintheKingdomofDenmark)  Iceland  Norway Onecrossinemblem[edit] NationalflagofSlovakia  Greece  MarshallIslands  Moldova  Montenegro  Montserrat(UKoverseasterritory)  Portugal  SanMarino  Serbia  Slovakia  Spain  VaticanCity Diagonalcross[edit] Mainarticle:Saltire NationalflagofJamaica  Burundi  Jamaica  Seychelles(1976–1977) St.Andrew'sCross[edit]  Jersey(UKcrowndependency)  Scotland(UKconstituentcountry)  UnitedKingdom Uprightanddiagonalcentredcrosses[edit] NationalflagoftheUnitedKingdom  NorthMacedonia  UnitedKingdom  KingdomofGreatBritain(1707–1801) UnionJack[edit] Seealso:BritishensignandFlagsoftheBritishEmpire NationalflagofFiji flagofBermuda flagoftheUK flagofSouthAfrica(1928–1994) NationalflagofCanada1957–1965  Australia  Australia(1901–1903)  Australia(1903–1908)  Bermuda(1910–1999)  Canada(1868–1921)  Canada(1921–1957)  Canada(1957–1965)  KingdomofGreatBritain(1707–1801)  Fiji  NewZealand  Newfoundland(1907–1949)  SouthAfrica(1928–1994)  SouthAfrica(1910–1928)  Tuvalu  Tuvalu(1976–1978)  Tuvalu(1978–1996)  UnitedKingdom  UnitedStates(1775–1777) Additionally,theUnionJackfeaturesinmanyterritorialandsub-nationalflags.TheseareoftenRedEnsigns(e.g., Bermuda)orBlueEnsigns(e.g., NewSouthWalesand Anguilla).Asmallnumberhavebackgroundsofothercolors(e.g. BritishAntarcticTerritoryand Niue)orauniquepatterninthefield(e.g. BritishIndianOceanTerritoryand Hawaii).AsmallnumberputtheUnionJacksomewhereotherthanthecanton(e.g. BritishColumbia).Unofficialflags,suchas RossDependencyalsouseit. Divisions[edit] Upperleftdividedfromrestofflag[edit] Mainarticle:Canton(flag) NationalflagoftheRepublicofChina(Taiwan) Acantoninaflagisarectangularareaatthetophoistcornerofaflag,occupyinguptoaquarteroftheflag'sarea.Thecantonofaflagmaybeaflaginitsownright.Forinstance,BritishensignshavetheUnionJackastheircanton,asdotheirderivativessuchasthenationalflagsofAustraliaandNewZealand.FollowingthepracticeofBritishensigns,acantonsometimescontainsasymbolofnationalunitysuchasthebluefieldandwhitestarsoftheU.S.flag.Inthesecases,thecantonmaybecalledsimplytheunion. TheU.S.flag'scantonderivesfromtheBritishuseoftheUnionJackinthecantonofitspossessions(including,historically,theearlyUnitedStates).Subsequently,manyNewWorldnations(andotherlatercountriesandregions,suchasLiberiaorMalaysia)thatwereinspiredbytheU.S.incorporatedelementslikewiseinspiredbytheU.S.flag.Asaresult,manyextantusesofaprominentcantonderiveeitherfromBritishterritorialhistory,orU.S.influenceandinspiration.  Chile  Georgia(1918–1921)  Georgia(ConstituentrepublicoftheSovietUnion)  Georgia(1990–2004)  Greece  Liberia  Malaysia  Myanmar(1974–2010)  RepublicofChina(Taiwan)  Samoa  Togo  Tonga  UnitedStates  Uruguay Oneverticalstripeonhoist[edit] NationalflagofBenin  Belarus  Benin  Guinea-Bissau  Madagascar  Oman  MorningStarflag(RepublicofWestPapua,1961–62)  UnitedArabEmirates  SouthAfricanRepublic(1852–1902) Fourequalrectanglesmeetingatcenter[edit] Seealso#Crosssection NationalflagoftheDominicanRepublic  Dominica  DominicanRepublic  Guernsey(UKcrowndependency)  Panama Fourequaltrianglesmeetingatcenter[edit] NationalflagofJamaica  Burundi  Grenada  Jamaica  Jersey(UKcrowndependency)  Seychelles(1976–1977) St.Andrew'sCross  UnitedKingdom CrossofBurgundy  UnitedKingdom Othersymbolsandpictures[edit] Sun[edit]  Argentina  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  MarshallIslands  Namibia  Nauru  Nepal  Rwanda  Philippines  Taiwan  Uruguay Moon[edit] NationalflagofBangladesh Seealso#Crescent  Laos  Mongolia  Palau  Turkey  Zaire(1971–1997) Human[edit]  Belize Animal[edit] NationalflagofAlbania Bird[edit]  AscensionIsland(UKoverseasterritory)—seagullsandturtles  Bolivia—condorandllama  ChristmasIsland(externalterritoryofAustralia)—bird(goldenbosunbird)  Dominica—sisserouparrot  Ecuador—condor  Fiji—Whitepelicanandyellowlion  Guatemala—quetzal  Kiribati—frigatebird  PapuaNewGuinea—raggianabird-of-paradise  SaintHelena(UKoverseasterritory)—SaintHelenaplover  SintMaarten(constituentcountryoftheNetherlands)—pelican  Uganda—greycrownedcrane  Zimbabwe—ZimbabweBird Eagle[edit]  Albania—double-headedeagle  Austria(stateversion)—eagle  Egypt—EagleofSaladin  Germany(stateversion)—eagle  Kazakhstan—steppeeagle  Mexico—eagleandsnake  Moldova—eagleandaurochs  Montenegro—double-headedeagleandlion  Poland(stateversion)—eagle  Serbia—double-headedeagle  UnitedStatesVirginIslands(USoverseasterritory)—eagle  Zambia—Africanfisheagle Livestock[edit]  Andorra—twocows  Bolivia—condorandllama  Croatia—leopard,goatandmarten  Malta—St.Georgeonahorse,fightingadragon.  Moldova—eagleandaurochs  Venezuela—horse Lion[edit]  Canada—lion,fish  Canada—lion  Canada—lion  Fiji—pelican,yellowlion  Jersey(self-governingdependencyoftheUK)—lion  Montenegro—double-headedeagle,lion  Spain—lion  SriLanka—yellowlion  Tasmania(Australianstate)—lion Coatofarms[edit]  Andorra  Austria(civilflagiswithoutthearms)  Belize  Bermuda  Bolivia  CostaRica  Croatia  DominicanRepublic  Ecuador  EquatorialGuinea  ElSalvador  Fiji  FrenchPolynesia  Germany(civilflagiswithoutthearms)  Guam  Guatemala  Haiti  Jersey  Mexico  Moldova  Montenegro  Nicaragua  Paraguay  Poland(civilflagiswithoutthearms)  Portugal  Peru  SanMarino  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  SintMaarten  UnitedStatesVirginIslands  Venezuela  VaticanCity Weaponry[edit] NationalflagofHaiti  Angola—machete  Barbados—(trident-head)  Bolivia—cannon,riflesandaxe  Eswatini—spearsandshield  Guatemala—rifles  Haiti—cannon  Kenya—spearsandMaasaishield  Mozambique—AK-47withabayonet  Oman—swordsandKhanjar  SaudiArabia—sword  SriLanka—sword  Venezuela—sword,sabreandthreelances Ships[edit]  Belize  CostaRica  Ecuador  FrenchPolynesia(overseascollectivityofFrance) Agriculturalandindustrialtools[edit] NationalflagoftheSovietUnion(1955-1991),brightredusedin1980.  Angola—half-gearandmachete  Austria(stateversion)—chain,hammerandsickle(non-communist)  Belize—axes,saw  Mozambique—hoe  Myanmar(1974–2010)—gear  SovietUnion(1917–1991)—hammerandsickle  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Byelorussia  Estonia  Georgia  Kazakhstan  Kirghizia  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldavia  RussianSovietFederativeSocialistRepublic  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Ukraine  Uzbekistan Transnistria—hammerandsickle(non-communist) Plants[edit] NationalflagofCanada  Bolivia—palm,laurelandolivebranches  Canada—mapleleaf  Cyprus—olivebranches  Grenada—cloveofnutmeg  Eritrea—olivebranch  EquatorialGuinea—silk-cottontree  Fiji—sugarcane,coconutpalm,banana  HongKong(specialadministrativeregioninChina)—HongKongorchid  Lebanon—Lebanoncedar  Macao(specialadministrativeregioninChina)—lotusflower  Mexico—cactus  Myanmar(1974–2010)—riceplant  Vanuatu—leavesofnameletree Fleur-de-lis[edit]  Guadeloupe(overseasdepartmentofFrance)  Quebec(provinceofCanada)  Saint-Barthélemy(overseascollectivityofFrance)  Serbia  Spain Map[edit] NationalflagofCyprus  Bangladesh(1971)  Antarctica  ChristmasIsland(externalterritoryofAustralia)  Cyprus  Kosovo(partlyrecognized)  Tuvalu:theflagofTuvaluontheflyhas9yellowfive-pointedstarsthatarerepresentingtheislandsandatollsofthecountry Building[edit]  Afghanistan—mosque  Bolivia—church(ChapeloftheSacredHeartofJesus)  Cambodia—AngkorWat  Gibraltar(UKoverseasterritory)—castle  Portugal—sevencastles  SanMarino—threecastles  SintMaarten(constituentcountryoftheNetherlands)—courthouse  Spain—castle Square[edit] NationalflagofSwitzerland  Switzerland  VaticanCity Othersymbols[edit] NationalflagofIndia  Danzig(1920–1939)(King'sCrown)  DominicanRepublic(Bible)  India(AshokaChakra)  Iran(EmblemofIran)  IsleofMan(UKcrowndependency)(triskelion)  Mongolia(Soyombo)  Kyrgyzstan(sunwithacrownofthetraditionalKyrgyzyurt)  Mozambique—book  SaintVincentandtheGrenadines(diamondsinaVpattern)  SouthKorea(Taegeukandfourblacktrigrams)  Zaire(HandholdingLeadingTorch,1971–1997) Text[edit] Mainarticle:Listofinscribedflags Countryname[edit] NationalflagofParaguay  CostaRica(stateflag)  Egypt–thetextreads"JumhūriyyatMiṣral-ʿArabiyyah"inArabicmeaning"ArabRepublicofEgypt".  Guam(USoverseasterritory)  Mayotte(overseasdepartmentofFrance)  Nicaragua  Paraguay  Venezuela(stateflag) Countrynameandmotto[edit] NationalflagoftheDominicanRepublic  Afghanistan–thelowestlineoftextreadsAfghanistaninthePashtoalphabet,andthecalligraphictextatthetopistheShahadawiththeTakbirwrittenbeneathit.  Brunei–thelineoftextonthecrescentreads"AlwaysrenderservicewithGod'sguidance",whilethelowerlinereadsBruneiDarussalam,bothintheJawiscript.  ElSalvador–thenameofthecountryencirclesthecoatofarms,whichfeaturesthemotto"Dios,Unión,Libertad"(Spanishfor"God,Unity,Freedom")inside.  DominicanRepublic–themotto"Dios,Patria,Libertad"(meaning"God,Homeland,Freedom"inSpanish)canbereadabovethecoatofarmsatthecenter,belowisthenameofthecountry. Motto[edit] NationalflagofBrazil  Afghanistan–theShahada(anIslamiccreedmeaning"ThereisnogodbutAllahandMuhammadishisProphet")writtenintheThuluthscript.  Andorra–"VIRTVSVNITAFORTIOR",ClassicalLatinfor"Unitedvirtueisstronger".  Belize–"SubUmbraFloreo",meaning"UndertheShadeIFlourish"inLatin.  Brazil–"OrdemeProgresso",meaning"OrderandProgress"inPortuguese.  EquatorialGuinea–"Unidad,Paz,Justicia",meaning"Unity,Peace,Justice"inSpanish  Iran–theTakbir("Allahuakbar",whichmeans"Godis[the]greatest")writtenintheKuficscript11times.  Iraq–theTakbirwrittenintheKuficscript.  SanMarino–"LIBERTAS",Latinfor"Freedom".  SaudiArabia–theShahada(anIslamiccreedmeaning"ThereisnogodbutAllahandMuhammadishisProphet")writtenintheThuluthscript.  Somaliland–theShahada  Spain–"PLVSVLTRA",Latinfor"Furtherbeyond". Othertexts[edit] NationalflagofMalta  California–thenameoftheshortlivedandunrecognizedstate"CaliforniaRepublic",whichprecededCalifornia'sadmissionintotheUnion.  DominicanRepublic–theBibleisopenedtotheGospelofJohn,chapter8,verse32,whichreads“Ylaverdadlosharálibres”,whichtranslatesto“Andthetruthshallsetyoufree”fromSpanish.  Guatemala–"Libertad15deseptiembrede1821",acombinationoftheSpanishwordfor"Freedom"andthedateofindependenceoftheformerFederalRepublicofCentralAmericafromSpain.  Haiti–"L'unionfaitlaforce"(meaning"Unionmakesstrength"inFrench),whichisdifferentfromthecountry'sofficialmotto"Liberté,égalité,fraternité".  Malta–"ForGallantry"canbereadattheGeorgeCrosscarriedinthecanton. Flagsofanotherstate[edit]  Australia  Canada(1868–1921)  Canada(1921–1957)  Canada(1957–1965)  Fiji  KingdomofHawaiʻi(19thcentury)  NewZealand  SouthAfrica(1928–1994)  Tuvalu  UnitedStates(1776–1777) Relatedarticles[edit] Similaritiesinflags Galleryofsovereignstateflags Vexillology Externallinks[edit] Extensivelistofsimilarflagsfromaroundtheworld vteListsofflags Masterlist Referencelist State-related Arabstates Civilflag Country DateofAdoption Headsofstate Historicalflags Formersovereignstates Formerlyindependent Timeline Stateflag Stateflagsandensigns Sovereign Specialandfictional Unrecognized Mobilemilitary ArmedForces ArmyandGroundForces AirForces AirForcesRoundels AirForcesFinFlashes BorderandCoastGuardForces Maritime MinistryofDefense NavalEnsigns NavalJack PoliceFlag Mobilecivilian Civilair CivilandMerchantNavy Civilensign Pilotboatflagsandensigns Yachtflagsandensigns Otherentities Activeautonomistandsecessionistmovements Cities Countrysubdivisions Cultural Dependentterritories Ethnic Micronations OlympicsandtheParalympics Political Prideflags Religious Proposals BydesignByelements Animals Astronomical Bicolor Borders Britishensigns Buildings Canton Circles Color bynumber bycombination Crescents Crosses(Nordic) Devices Diamonds Flags Geographical Headgear Inscriptions Arabic English Latin Russian Spanish Nautical Plants Solids Stars Triangles Tribands Two-sided Weapons Byshape Non-quadrilateral Proportions Bynations Afghanistan rebel Argentina Cities Armenia Australia stategovernors Austria states Austria-Hungary Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium BosniaandHerzegovina Brazil Cities Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cities lieutenantgovernors Chile Cities China HongKong Macau Colombia CostaRica Croatia Denmark Dem.Rep.Congo DominicanRepublic Egypt Eritrea Estonia Fiji Finland France regions Brittany Corsica Île-de-France Occitanie PaysdelaLoire FrenchEmpire Cities Germany states districts municipalities Georgia Greece Haiti Hungary Iceland India states Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy regions Cities Jamaica Japan prefectures municipalities Kazakhstan Kenya Korea NorthKorea SouthKorea Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Malta Cities Moldova Morocco Montenegro Myanmar Namibia Netherlands provinces Cities municipalities NewZealand Nepal NorthMacedonia Norway Pakistan Palau states Palestine PapuaNewGuinea Peru Philippines provinces Poland navalandmaritime voivodeships Portugal personalstandardsoftheking municipalities Romania Russia federalsubjects Sakha RussianNavy Serbia Singapore SouthAfrica SovietUnion republics SovietNavy Spain autonomouscommunities provinces SriLanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkmenistan Ukraine UnitedKingdom England NorthernIreland Scotland Wales Cornwall SaintHelena,AscensionandTristandaCunha BritishEmpire UnitedStates statesandterritories Cities PuertoRico CSA Uzbekistan VaticanCity Venezuela Cities Vietnam Yugoslavia Zimbabwe(Rhodesia) Bycontinent Africa Antarctica Asia Europe NorthAmerica Oceania SouthAmerica Namesinitalicsindicatenon-sovereign(dependent)territories,disputedstatesand/orformercountries. 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