Flags A-Z

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Svalbard Flag - Svalbard flagg - Шпицберген флаг​

With the same distribution as the rest of the Nordic flags, combining the light blue background, the first of the crosses in white, like the Norwegian flag and the main cross in dark blue.

 

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Democratic Republic of East Timor AKA Timor Leste

"The national flag is rectangular and is formed by two isosceles triangles, the bases of which are overlapping. One triangle is black and its height is equal to one-third of the length overlapped to the yellow triangle, whose height is equal to half the length of the Flag. In the centre of the black triangle there is a white star of five ends, meaning the light that guides. The white star has one of its ends turned towards the left side end of the flag. The remaining part of the flag is red."

The symbolism of this flag was given the following meaning:

• Black symbolises obscurantism, which must be overcome.
• Yellow represents the wealth of the country.
• Red symbolises the struggle for national liberation.
• The white star, or "the light that guides", is white to represent peace.

Flags are powerful symbols in East Timorese culture and have a high cultural significance. They play a significant role in East Timorese identification as a community. Flags are automatically attributed a symbolic power, making them a sacred object.

 

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The national flag of Uruguay (Spanish: Pabellón Nacional)
The horizontal stripes on the flag represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, based on the U.S. flag, where the stripes represent the original 13 colonies. The first flag designed in 1828 had 9 light blue stripes; this number was reduced to 4 in 1830 due to visibility problems from distance. The stripes of blue and white were inspired by the flag of Argentina, making the flag of Uruguay part of both the Stars and Stripes and Belgrano flag families.

The golden Sun of May represents the May Revolution of 1810; the Sun of May is a figurative sun that represents Inti, the sun god and mythological founder of the Incan Empire.

 

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The national flag of Uruguay (Spanish: Pabellón Nacional)
Uruguayan Rowers

 

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The Vieques flag (Puerto Rico) consists of seven horizontal stripes of equal width: four white and three blue. In the center there is a green rhombus in which the simplified design of the castle appears in yellow.

The Vieques sea is represented, in the field of the shield, by silver and blue waves. In the center, there is a lozenge of sinople or green rhombus that symbolizes the island. On the lozenge is the traditional Spanish heraldic castle in gold and gules (red), which is a symbol of Spain.

 

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Wimbledon (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club)
The Flag of Wimbledon in 2 x 1 horizontal stripes in Vert and Purple.
In the middle of the flag, two circles with the Championship logo, purple and vert concentric circles. In the purple one with the legend "The Championships Wimbledon" and in the vert one, 2 crossed tennis rackets and one ball.

 

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Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico. The 87 square kilometres (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60:40 between the French Republic (53 square kilometres (20 sq mi)) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 square kilometres (13 sq mi)), but the Dutch part is more populated than the French part. The division dates to 1648. The northern French part comprises the Collectivity of Saint Martin and is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic. As part of France, the French part of the island is also part of the European Union. The southern Dutch part comprises Sint Maarten and is one of four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The flag of Sint Maarten consists of a white triangle situated at the hoist charged with the constituent country's coat of arms, along with two horizontal bands of red and blue.

The colours and symbols of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The blue represents the sea and the sky, while the red epitomises the blood of Sint Maarteners. The green on the coat of arms stands for the fertility of the land, while the yellow represents the energy of the islanders. The orange encircling the shield, along with its light blue field, allude to the colours of the Dutch monarchy. The shield depicts a garland of yellow sage – the official flower of the territory – as well as the Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten in Philipsburg and (top right) the Dutch–French friendship monument delineating the boundary between the Dutch and French sections of the island. The crest consists of a pelican in front of a yellow sun, while the motto in Latin on a ribbon scroll under the escutcheon – Semper progrediens – means 'always progressing'.

In the French part of St Martin two unofficial flags are said to be used. The first is the Flag of the Collectivity of Saint-Martin which is a white field with a green and blue ribbon in the centre with the words “Saint-Martin French Caribbean”. There is also to report of a flag with a blue field and white martini glass shape with small red upside down triangle and yellow semi-circle in the centre. Neither of these flags have been seen flown.

The Flag of the Collectivity of Saint Martin

The Reported Unofficial Flag of Saint Martin

 

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Yamagata Prefecture (山形県, Yamagata-ken) Japan

White stylized three mountains on blue field because Yamagata means a shape of mountain. These also represents stream of the Mogami river running through Yamagata. Blue stands for desire for peace and ideal, white for snow and purity of people.

 

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FLAGS & BULGES (II)
CARIBBEAN BULGES

The national flag of Anguilla, a British overseas territory, consists of a Blue Ensign with the British flag in the canton, charged with the coat of arms of Anguilla in the fly. The coat of arms consists of three dolphins in a circular formation, which were featured on the earlier Anguillan flag, and which stand for friendship, wisdom and strength. The white in the background stands for peace, and the light blue represents the sea, as well as faith, youth, and hope.

 

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The Flag of the Azores (Portuguese: Bandeira dos Açores) is the regional flag of the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores. It is a rectangular bicolour with a field unevenly divided into blue on the hoist, and white on the fly.

The flag construction follows the same proportions and other features of those present in the Flag of Portugal.
Its length is equal to 1.5 times its width, corresponding with an aspect ratio of 2:3.
The field is vertically divided into two colours: blue on the hoist side, and white on the fly. The colour division is made in a way that blue spans 40% of the length and the remaining 60% are filled by white.
Positioned over the border between the blue and the white fields are nine five-sided golden stars in a semi-circular arch over a naturalistic designed golden goshawk, with its wings extended. The top left canton of the flag contains the Portuguese Shield.

The coat of arms of the Azores

a) Shield: Argent, a goshawk displayed azure, beaked, langued, taloned and armed gules, a bordure gules, charged with nine mullets of five points or;

b) Helm: affronté, or, lined gules;

c) Crest: a goshawk issuant azure, beaked and langued gules, charged with nine mullets of five points or;

d) Mantling: azure and argent;

e) Supporters: two bulls sable, collared and chained or, dexter sustaining a banner of the Order of Christ, with lance azure, tip and guard or, and sinister sustaining a banner gules, a dove displayed argent, with lance azure, tip and guard or;

f) Motto: "Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos"

 

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Aruba's national flag was adopted on 18 March 1976. The design consists of a field of light blue (called "United Nations Blue"), two narrow parallel horizontal yellow ("Bunting Yellow") stripes in the bottom half, and a four-pointed white-fimbriated red ("Union Flag red") star in the canton.

The four colors and symbols each have significance:

• Light Blue signifies the sea that's surrounding the island of Aruba. The specific background color is the blue known as the Larkspur blue.
• Yellow is the color of abundance and the horizontal lines represent abundance of solidarity. They also represent Aruba's economy past and present. Aruba's main past industries consisted of Gold and Aloë Vera and present main income comes from tourism. Yellow also stands for the local flora that blossom yellow flowers like: “Kibrahacha” Tabebuia billbergii, “Palo di Brazil" Haematoxylon brasiletto, “Bonchi di Strena” Parkinsonia aculeata, “Curahout” Peltophorum acutifolium, “Tuturutu” Yellow Dwarf Poincianas, Caesalpinia pulcherrima and “Wanglo” Puncture vine Tribulus cistoides. The horizontal yellow stripes symbolizes Aruba's freedom and separate position it has within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1 January 1986.
• White stands for peace and symbolizes the beaches as well as the purity of the hearts of Aruban people who strive for justice, order and liberty.
• The red star represents the four points of the compass and symbolizes the different origins of the Aruban population that attracted people from all over the world. It also stands for Aruba itself surrounded by the beautiful blue sea and ancient industry of "Palo di Brazil"
• Red signifies love and also as a homage for the indigenous Arubans, that died at Frenchman's pass during a confrontation with the French for the liberty of the island. Red is the Union Jack Red.

 

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The flag of Barbados was officially adopted to represent the nation of Barbados at midnight on 30 November 1966.

The flag consists of a triband of two bands of ultramarine, which are said to stand for the ocean surrounding the country and the sky, though some sources attribute both blue stripes to be representing the ocean. The blue stripes are separated by a golden middle band, which represents the sand. A black trident head, commonly called the broken trident, is centred in the golden band, and the fact that the staff is missing is significant. The trident symbol was taken from Barbados' colonial badge, where the trident of Poseidon is shown with Britannia holding it. The broken lower part symbolises a symbolic break from its status as a colony. The three points of the trident represent the three principles of democracy: government of the people, government for the people, and government by the people.

 

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The national flag of Costa Rica consists of two blue stripes, two white stripes, and a central red stripe which is twice as wide as each of the other four. The civil flag omits the coat of arms seen on the state flag, since the state variant is only permitted to be used by the government.

The colors of flag share the ideals of French Revolution of 1848: freedom, equality, and brotherhood. Blue means the sky, opportunities at reach, intellectual thinking, perseverance to accomplish a goal, infinite, eternity, and ideals of the religious and spiritual desires. White means clear thinking, happiness, wisdom, power and beauty of the sky, the driving force of initiatives to search for new endeavors, and the peace of Costa Rica. Red means “civilization of the century” and the sun casting on Costa Rica the “first rays of its true independence”, the warmth of Costa Rican people, their love to live, their bloodshed for freedom, and their generous attitude. The seven stars in the coat of arms represent the seven provinces of the republic.

Coat of arms of Costa Rica​

As officially described, the coat of arms represents: three volcanoes (one for each of the three mountain ranges in the country) and an extensive valley between two oceans (Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea) with a merchant ship in each one (representing the maritime history of the country). In the horizon a rising sun. All are surrounded by a golden frame with golden beads (coffee). Two palms close the arms joined by a white ribbon with the motto "República de Costa Rica" in gold. An arch of seven stars represent the provinces of the republic. The arms are crowned by a blue ribbon with the motto "America Central"

 

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FLAGS & BULGES (II)
CARIBBEAN BULGES

The national flag of Cuba (Spanish: Bandera de Cuba) consists of five alternating stripes (three blue and two white) and a red equilateral triangle at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902. The flag is referred to as the Estrella Solitaria, or the Lone Star flag.

 

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FLAGS & BULGES (II)
CARIBBEAN BULGES

The national flag of Curaçao represents the country of Curaçao as well as the island area within the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 until its dissolution in 2010.

The flag is a blue field with a horizontal yellow stripe slightly below the midline and two white, five-pointed stars in the canton. The blue symbolises the sea and sky (the bottom and top blue sections, respectively), divided by a yellow stroke representing the bright sun which bathes the island. The two stars represent Curaçao and Klein Curaçao, with the five points on each star symbolise the five continents from which Curaçao's people descend.

 

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Flag of French Guiana​

The green and yellow diagonal flag that is commonly used to represent French Guiana actually has no official status. The flag divides diagonally with green in the upper fly and yellow in the lower hoist and bears a red five pointed star in the center. Green represents the forests, Yellow represents gold and other minerals of the region, the red star represents socialism. This flag was unilaterally adopted by the general council (departmental council) of the overseas department of French Guiana on 29 January 2010, as a flag for the department of French Guiana. This was not recognized by the superior regional council. Both councils were disbanded in late 2015 and replaced by the French Guiana Assembly within the framework of the new Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana.[citation needed] Only the French flag is officially recognized by the French constitution as the national flag. The green and yellow flag is however still used by the French Guiana national football team and still commonly flown by civilians.

 

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Flag of Guadeloupe​

The official flag of Guadeloupe is the French national flag.
Guadeloupe is sometimes represented by a banner of the arms of the island's main town, Pointe-à-Pitre. The flag features, on a black or red background a yellow sun and a green sugar cane, and a blue stripe charged with yellow fleurs-de-lis on the top.
The flag appears to be used for touristic purpose only.

 

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FLAGS & BULGES (II)
CARIBBEAN BULGES

Grenada Again !!!!

 

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The flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is officially the flag of France, as Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing overseas collectivity of France.

The carrack (or nave) with three equipped masts is of gold, sewn with sand against an azure sky and sails on a sea of the same blue also sewn with sand and wavy with silver.

Along the shaft (with sinister), are reproduced from top to bottom the flags of the three main French regions of origin of the inhabitants of the archipelago: Basque Country, Brittany and Normandy.

The Breton coat of arms is only argent charged with ermine sable (without the cantonment of the most recent Breton flag, with its silver and sable fasces). Initially the coat of arms of the Basque Country (French and Spanish) appeared instead of the more recent (but more easily identifiable) Basque flag. The Norman flag with three leopards has been replaced by that with two leopards.

This flag serves as the basis for the arms of the territory, which appear on the badges of the local platoon of the national gendarmerie which ensures the mission of internal security and maritime control.

Since it is supposed to represent the cultural and historical values of the inhabitants of the archipelago, it was suggested to complete it with the gold star of Acadia present on the Acadian flag, which would be posed on the sky of azure, because the Acadians who came to take refuge in the archipelago are not directly represented.

Miquelon Langlade's Flag

 

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The flag of Jalisco (Mexico) was adopted in 2011. It is colored blue and gold and bears the State Emblem in the center. The emblem has a diameter of three-quarters the width of the stripes. The ratio of the flag is 4:7. Ribbons of the same colors may be placed at the foot of the finial. The flag is one of only two Mexican states that is not simply a coat of arms set against a white background, and it is the only one without any white at all.

In 2001, Luis Havas announced plans to create a flag for the Mexican state of Jalisco. He proposed the old flag of Manuel Rodríguez, consisting of two blue stripes and a stripe of gold with the State Emblem in the center; it resembled the flag of the New Galicia or Intendence of Guadalajara.