List of flag names
This is an incomplete list of the names and nicknames of flags, organized in alphabetical order by flag name. Very few flags have any truly official names, but some unofficial names are so widely used that they are accepted as a flag's universal name.
A
A Auriverde ("The Gold and Green"), Brazil Aappalaartoq ("The red"), Greenland Al-Adaam ("Support flag"), Qatar Alam Baladii ("My country's flag"), Kuwait Alay Rengîn ("Colourful flag"), Iraqi Kurdistan Albayrak ("Red Flag"), Turkey Alsancak ("Holy Red Standard"), Turkey Ay Yıldız ("Crescent Star"), Turkey La Albiceleste or La Celeste y Blanca ("The white and light blue one"), Argentina A'najmataynee ("The Two Stars"), Syria
B
Bandeira Auriverde ("Gold and green flag"), Brazil Bandeira das Quinas ("Flag of the quinas", the five blue shields of the Portuguese arms), Portugal Bandeira Verde-Rubra ("Green-Red Flag"), Portugal Baner Dewi Sant ("Flag of Saint David"), Wales (unofficial flag) Baner Peran ("St. Piran's flag"), Cornwall Bear Flag, California Bendera Merah-Putih ("Red-White Flag"), Indonesia Betsy Ross Flag, United States Bhagwa ("The Saffron Banner"), Flag of the Hindus and former flag of the Maratha Empire Biało-Czerwona ("White-Red"), Poland Bieł-Čyrvona-Bieły ("White-Red-White"), former flag of Belarus Bindenschild, Austria Bo Najma w Hlal ("Flag of the Star and the Crescent"), Libya Bonnie Blue Flag, official flag of the now-defunct Republic of West Florida, also used in some places as an unofficial banner of the Confederate States. Bosanski Ljiljan ("Bosnian lily"), former flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bratach-Croise ("Saltire"), Scotland The Broken Trident, Barbados Bundesflagge ("Federal Flag"), Germany, official designation Български трикольор/Balgarski Trikolyor ("Bulgarian Three Colors"), Bulgaria
C
La Celeste ("The light blue one"), Uruguay Commonwealth Blue Ensign, Australia Crois Naomh Anndra ("St. Andrew's Cross"), Scotland Cờ đỏ sao vàng ("Red Flag and Yellow Star"), Vietnam Cờ tổ quốc ("Flag of Fatherland"), Vietnam Crotz occitana ("Occitan cross"), Occitania
E
Erfalasorput ("Our flag"), Greenland La Estrella Solitaria ("The Lone Star"), Chile, La Estrella Solitaria ("The Lone Star"), Cuba Estelada blava ("Blue-Starred Flag"), Catalan separatism Eureka Flag, Australia
F
Five Coloured Flag, Jain flag Fleurdelisé ("Fleur-de-lis-y"), Quebec
G
Galanolefki ("Light blue and white"), Greece Golden Arrowhead, Guyana Gwenn-ha-du ("White and black"), Brittany Grand Ol' Flag, United States Grand Union Flag, United States
H
Hinomaru 日の丸 ("Sun disc"), Japan (national flag and naval flag) Hvítbláinn ("The White-blue"), a flag proposal which was used but never became official, Iceland
I
Ikurriña ("Flag"), Basque Country (the autonomous community, the region, and more generally the Basque people, culture and language) Innabi ("The Maroon"), Qatar Tiranga ("The Tricolour"), India Bratach ("Irish tricolour"), Ireland Parchame iran ("Iran"), Iran Sang Saka Merah-Putih ("The red and white"), Indonesia
J
Jalur Gemilang ("Stripes of Glory"), Malaysia Jefferson Seal Flag, Jefferson (proposed U.S. state)
K
Kanaka Maoli ("True People"), Hawaii (alternative flag) Kaponga (silver fern), New Zealand (unofficial, widely used) Khanjar Oo Sayfain ("Dagger and two swords"), Oman Khutjvriani Drosha ("Five-cross flag"), Georgia Kök Bayraq ("Blue Banner"), East Turkestan
L
Lal-Sobuj ("Red & green"), Bangladesh Leòmhann na h-Alba ("Lion Rampant"), Scotland Lone Star Flag, Texas Lion Flag, Sri Lanka
M
Maple Leaf or l'Unifolié, Canada Merkið ("The Banner"), Faroe Islands Merah-Putih ("Red and White"), Indonesia
N
Nishan Sahib ("Holy flag"/"Exalted banner"), Sikh flag Nisshōki 日章旗 ("Sun-mark flag"), Japan
O
Old Glory, United States
P
Pahāḍa ("Mountain"), Nepal Parc̱am-e Sitārah o-Hilāl ("Flag of the Crescent and Star"), Pakistan Prinsenvlag ("Prince's flag"), Netherlands (historical) Piros-fehér-zöld ("Red-White-Green"), Hungary Puli Kodi ("Tiger flag"), Tamil Eelam
Q
青天、白日、滿地紅 (Qīng Tiān, Bái Rì, Mǎn Dì Hóng ["Blue Sky, White Sun, Red Field"]), Taiwan
R
The Rainbow Flag, Unity Flag, or Interim Flag (all unofficial), South Africa Rainbow flag, there are several independent rainbow flags in use today, the most widely known worldwide is the pride flag representing gay pride, while the peace flag is especially popular in Italy and the cooperative flag symbolizes the international co-operative movement. Red, White and Blue, United States Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi ("Indigo and Red Flag of the Republic"), North Korea Red Ensign or Red Duster, the civil ensign of the United Kingdom Reial senyera ("Royal flag"), Valencia Красный флаг СССР (Krasnyy flag SSSR) ("Red Flag USSR"), Soviet Union Российский триколор (Rosiiski Trikolor) ("Russian Three Colours"), Russia Rojigualda ("Red-weld"), Spain Rot-Weiss-Rot ("Red-white-red"), Austria De Roude Léiw ("Red Lion"), civil ensign of Luxembourg Ручнік (Ručnik), Belarus Rødt, hvitt og blått (Red, white and blue), Norway
S
Saint Andrew's Cross or The Saltire, Scotland Saint George's Cross, England Saint Petroc's Flag, Devon Sam Si ("Tricolor"), Laos Sarkanbaltsarkanais karogs ("Red-white-red flag"), Latvia Sang Saka Merah Putih ("The Red White"), Indonesia Ѕвездата од Кутлеш ("Sun of Kutleš'), Republic of Macedonia (historical flag) Schwarz-Rot-Gold ("Black-red-gold"), Germany Schwarz-Weiß-Rot ("Black-white-red"), German Empire Seh-ye Rang-ye Beyraq ('"Tricolor"), Iran Senyera, Alghero and Catalonia Shir-o-Khorshid ('The lion and the sun"), Iran (historical flag) Shqiponja Dykrenare ("The two-headed eagle"), Albania Sinimustvalge ("Blue-black-white"), Estonia Siniristilippu ("Blue Cross Flag"), Finland Sinha Flag ("Lion Flag"), Sri Lanka Snow lion flag, Tibet Southern Cross, Confederate States (other meanings) Southern Cross Flag, Australia Southern Cross Flag, New Zealand Stainless Banner, Confederate States Stars and Bars, Confederate States Stars and Stripes, United States Star-Spangled Banner,[lower-alpha 1] United States
T
Taegeukgi, South Korea Tatlong Bituin at Isang Araw ("Three Stars and a Sun"), Philippines Al Tawheed/Shahada, Saudi Arabia Tiranga ("The Tricolour"), India Tjúgufáni, state flag of Iceland Trairong ("Tricolour"), Thailand Tree Cassyn Vannin ("Three Legs of Mann"), Isle of Man - Tricolor or similar, a term for several national flags which are tribands or tricolours:
La Tricolor ("The Tricolor"), Bolivia El Tricolor Nacional ("The National Tricolor"), Colombia La Tricolor, Costa Rica Trobojnica ("The Tricolor"), Croatia La Tricolor, Ecuador Tricolor Nacional ("National Tricolour"), Venezuela La Tricolor, Second Spanish Republic (historical) Drapeau Tricolore ("Tricolour Flag"), France Il Tricolore, Italy Tricolorul, Romania Триколор (Trikolor), Russia
Trídhathach na hÉireann ("Irish tricolour"), Ireland Trinacria, Sicily Trispalvė, Lithuania
U
Üçrəngli Bayraq ("Tricolour Flag"), Azerbaijan L'Union Fait La Force ("Unity makes strength"), motto on the flag of Haiti Union Jack or Union Flag,[lower-alpha 2] United Kingdom Union Jack, United States
W
Wiphala, a flag representing the native peoples of the Andes and the co-official flag of Bolivia 五星红旗 (Wǔ Xīng Hóng Qí) ("Five-Starred Red Flag"), People's Republic of China
Y
Y Ddraig Goch ("The Red Dragon"), Wales Եռագույն (Yerakooyn) ("Tricolour"), Armenia
Z
жовто-блакитний (прапор) (Zhovto-blakytnyy [prapor]) ("Yellow-blue [flag]"), Ukraine
Notes
- Originally referred to the version of the U.S. flag in use from 1795 to 1818; now often used to refer to all U.S. flags.
- Called the "Royal Union Flag" in Canada, a former colony of the United Kingdom and current Dominion.
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References
- "800 years of Dannebrog | The story of the Danish flag". Denmark.dk. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
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