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Flag of Niue
The flag of the island nation of Niue consists of a golden flag with a Union Jack in the upper left corner. On the Union Jack is four gold stars in a diamond and a gold star on a blue circle in the center. Yellow represents the sun, the Union Jack represents...
Flag of Grenada
The flag of Grenada consists of four triangles of alternating green and gold surrounded by a thick red border. In the center is a gold star in a red circle, and along the border is six gold stars, three on the top and three on the bottom. Lastly, in the...
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk
The flag of the Ukrainian Oblast of Ivano-Frankivsk consists of a black crow with raised wings and a golden crown on a white background. Along the side of the flag is four thin vertical bands, two on the left of red and black, and two on the right of blue and...
Flag of Ethiopia
The flag of Ethiopia consists of a horizontal triband of green, yellow, and red with the national emblem in the center. The national emblem is a yellow pentagram with rays of light on a blue circle. The national emblem represents unity. The color green...
Flag of Jordan
The flag of Jordan consists of a horizontal triband of black, white, and green, with a red chevron and white seven-point star. This flag is based on the flag of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I, which is the same except for the...
Flag of Guam
The flag of the US territory of Guam consists of the Seal of Guam blue background surrounded by red border. The Seal of Guam depicts a scene at the Agana Bay with a sailboat in the ocean, a palm tree on the beach, and the Punta Dos Amantes cliff in the...
Flag of Russia
The flag of Russia consists of a horizontal triband of white, blue, and red. A few accounts of the flag’s origin indicate that the colors come from the flag of Netherlands. There are varying interpretations of the meaning of the colors, but the following is the...
Flag of Pennsylvania
The flag of the US State of Pennsylvania consists of the state’s coat of arms on a blue field. The Pennsylvania coat of arms consists of a shield flanked by two horses and a bald eagle perched upon it. Upon the shield is a ship, a plough, and three sheaves of...
Flag of Marche
The flag of the Italian region of Mache consists of a stylized woodpecker merged with the capital letter M on a green bordered white shield on a white background. The woodpecker is a symbol associated with the Picentes, a group of people who lived in this...
Flag of Solothurn
The flag of the Swiss Canton of Solothurn consists of two horizontal bands of red over white. Its history traces back to Saint Ursus, the patron saint of Solothurn, who was tortured and beheaded after refusing to carry out a massacre ordered by the Romans. The colors...
Flag of Nagasaki
The flag of the Japanese Prefecture of Nagasaki consists of a light blue stylized letter N on a white background. The N is styled in the shape of a dove, representing peace. Light blue is used to represent the sky and the sea. This flag was adopted on August 30th,...
Flag of Sverdlovsk
The flag of the Russian Oblast of Sverdlovsk consists of four horizontal stripes of inconsistent height of white, blue, white, and green from top to bottom. Compared to the entire height of the flag, the first white stripe is 7/20th, the blue stripe is 9/20th,...
Flag of the Republic of Rif
The historical flag of the Republic of Rif consists of a white diamond containing a green crescent and six-point star on red field. This flag was in use from 1921 to 1926, while the region in current northern Morocco revolted against the Spanish occupation and...
Flag of Azores
The flag of the Portuguese Territory of Azores consists of golden hawk under a semi-circle of 9 five-point stars on two unevenly sized regions, one dark blue and one white, separated vertically. Also, in the flag’s canton, the top left corner, exists the Portuguese...
Flag of Kumamoto
The flag of the Japanese Prefecture of Kumamoto consists of white stylized Katakana character of Ku on a red field. Also, the white region surrounding a red circle represents the island of Kyushu, on which the prefecture resides. The red circle is an indication of...