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 yellow-and-green one"), Brazil Aappalaartoq ("The red"), Greenland Al-Adaam ("Support flag"), Qatar Alam Baladii ("My country's flag"), Kuwait Alay Rengîn ("Colourful flag"), 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 ("Yellow-and-green flag"), Brazil Bandeira das Quinas ("Flag of the quinas", the five blue shields of the Portuguese arms), Portugal Baner Dewi Sant ("Flag of Saint David"), Wales (unofficial flag) Baner Peran ("St. Piran's flag"), Cornwall Bear Flag, California 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"), historical 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 of America. 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 青天、白日、滿地紅 ("Blue Sky, White Sun, Red Field") (Qīng Tiān, Bái Rì, Mǎn Dì Hóng), Republic of China (Taiwan)
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 Crotz occitana ("Occitan cross"), Occitania
D
Dannebrog ("Danish cloth"), Denmark Dannebrogelva ("Danish cloth river"), Norway Derti ("My Nation/Land"), Kuwait
E
Erfalasorput ("Our flag"), Greenland La Estrella Solitaria ("The Lonely Star"), Chile, La Estrella Solitaria ("The Lonely 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
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
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
M
Maple Leaf or l'Unifolié, Canada Merkið ("The Banner"), Faroe Islands
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 Parcam-e-Sitarah-o-Hilal ("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
Qaumi Parcham ("National flag"), Pakistan 青天、白日、滿地紅 (Qīng Tiān, Bái Rì, Mǎn Dì Hóng) ("Blue Sky, White Sun, Red Field"), Republic of China (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 Ensign or Red Duster, the civil ensign of the United Kingdom 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
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 Snow lion flag, Tibet Southern Cross, Confederate States of America (other meanings) Southern Cross Flag, Australia Southern Cross Flag, New Zealand Stars and Bars, Confederate States of America Stars and Stripes, United States Star-Spangled Banner, United States
T
Taegeukgi, South Korea Tatlong Bituin at Isang Araw ("Three Stars and a Sun"), Philippines Al Tawheed/Shahada, Saudi Arabia Tirangaa ("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, United Kingdom Union Jack, jack of the United States Navy
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
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