| Flag name / nickname |
Country / territory |
Meaning and notes |
|---|
 A Auriverde |
Brazil |
"The Gold and Green" |
 Aappalaartoq |
Greenland |
"The red" |
 Al-Adaam |
Qatar |
"Support flag" |
 Alam Baladii |
Kuwait |
"My country's flag" |
 Alay Rengîn |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
"Colourful flag" |
 Albayrak |
Turkey |
"Red Flag" |
| Alsancak |
Turkey |
"Holy Red Standard" |
| Ay Yıldız |
Turkey |
"Crescent Star" |
 La Albiceleste or La Celeste y Blanca |
Argentina |
"The white and light blue one" |
 A'najmataynee |
United Arab Republic and Ba'athist Syria |
"The Two Stars" |
| Bandeira Auriverde |
Brazil |
"Gold and green flag" |
 Bandeira das Quinas |
Portugal |
"Flag of the quinas", the five blue shields of the Portuguese arms |
| Bandeira Verde-Rubra |
Portugal |
"Green-Red Flag" |
 Baner Dewi Sant |
Wales (unofficial flag) |
"Flag of Saint David" |
 Baner Peran |
Cornwall |
"St. Piran's flag" |
 Bear Flag |
California |
|
 Bendera Merah-Putih |
Indonesia |
"Red-White Flag" |
 Betsy Ross flag |
United States |
|
 Bhagwa |
Flag of the Hindus and former flag of the Maratha Empire |
"The Saffron Banner" |
 Biało-Czerwona |
Poland |
"White-Red" |
 Bieł-Čyrvona-Bieły |
Belarus (formerly) |
"White-Red-White" |
 Bindenschild |
Austria |
|
 Black, green and gold |
Jamaica |
|
 Blood-Stained Banner |
Confederate States |
|
 Bo Najma w Hlal |
Libya |
"Flag of the Star and the Crescent" |
 Bonnie Blue flag |
Republic of West Florida |
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 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (formerly) |
"Bosnian lily" |
 Bratach-Croise |
Scotland |
"Saltire" |
 The Broken Trident |
Barbados |
|
 Bundesflagge |
Germany |
"Federal Flag", Germany, official designation |
 Български трикольор/Balgarski Trikolyor |
Bulgaria |
"Bulgarian Three Colors" |
 Circle of Stars |
European Union and the Council of Europe |
|
 Commonwealth Blue Ensign |
Australia |
|
 Cambridge flag |
United States (historical) |
|
| Continental colours |
United Colonies |
|
| Continental Union |
United Colonies |
|
 Cờ đỏ sao vàng |
Vietnam |
"Red Flag and Yellow Star" |
| Cờ tổ quốc |
Vietnam |
"Flag of Fatherland" |
| Crois Naomh Anndra |
Scotland |
"St. Andrew's Cross" |
 Crotz occitana |
Occitania |
"Occitan cross" |
| The Cross |
Jamaica |
|
 Dannebrog |
Denmark |
"Danish cloth"[1] |
| Derti |
Kuwait |
"My Nation/Land" |
| Erfalasorput |
Greenland |
"Our flag" |
 La Estrella Solitaria |
Chile |
"The Lone Star" |
 La Estrella Solitaria |
Cuba |
"The Lone Star" |
 Estelada blava |
Catalonia (pro-independence) |
"Blue-Starred Flag" |
 Estreleira |
Galician nationalism |
"Starred Flag" |
 Eureka Flag |
Australia (historical) |
|
 Five Coloured Flag |
Jain flag |
|
 Fleurdelisé |
Quebec, Canada |
"Fleur-de-lis-y" |
 Galanólefki (Γαλανόλευκη) |
Greece |
"Blue-and-White" |
 Gems |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
 Golden Arrowhead |
Guyana |
|
 Gwenn-ha-du |
Brittany |
"White and black" |
 Grand Ol' Flag |
United States |
|
| Grand Union flag |
United States (historical) |
|
 Hinomaru 日の丸 |
Japan (national flag and naval flag) |
"Sun disc" |
 黃龍旗 (Huánglóngqí) |
China (historical) |
"Yellow Dragon Flag" |
 Hvítbláinn |
Iceland (historical) |
"The White-blue", a flag proposal which was used but never became official |
 Имперка (Imperka) |
Russian Empire (historical flag) |
"Imperial flag" |
 Jackson Flag |
Confederate States |
|
 Jalur Gemilang |
Malaysia |
"Stripes of Glory" |
 Jefferson Seal Flag |
Jefferson (proposed U.S. state) |
|
 |
Hawaii (alternative flag) |
"True People" |
 Kaponga (silver fern) |
New Zealand (unofficial, widely used) |
|
 Khanjar Oo Sayfain |
Oman |
"Dagger and two swords" |
 Khutjvriani Drosha |
Georgia |
"Five-cross flag" |
 Красное знамя (Krasnoye znamia) |
Soviet Union (historical flag) |
"Red Banner" |
 Kök Bayraq |
East Turkestan |
"Blue Banner" |
 Flag of Kenya |
Kenya |
"Black, white, red, white, green and a shield with two arrows" |
 Lal-Sobuj, Lal-Sobuj er Nishan |
Bangladesh |
"Red & green" |
 Leòmhann na h-Alba (Lion Rampant) |
Scotland (royal banner) |
"Lion Rampant" |
 Lone Star Flag |
Texas |
|
 Lion Flag |
Sri Lanka |
|
 Maple Leaf or l'Unifolié |
Canada |
|
 Merkið |
Faroe Islands |
"The Banner" |
| Merah-Putih |
Indonesia |
"Red and White" |
 Monoestrellada |
Puerto Rico |
"Monostarred" |
 Native America's flag |
Oklahoma |
|
 Nishan Sahib |
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"respected ensign" |
 Old Glory |
United States |
|
 Pabellón Nacional |
Uruguay |
"National Pavilionflag" |
 Pahāḍa |
Nepal |
"Mountain" |
 Parcham-e Serang |
Iran |
"The Three-Coloured Flag" |
 Parchem e Sitāra o Hilāl |
Pakistan |
"Flag of the Star and the Crescent" |
 Prinsenvlag |
Netherlands (historical) |
"Prince's flag" |
 Piros-fehér-zöld |
Hungary |
"Red-White-Green" |
 Pambansang Watawat |
Philippines |
"National Flag" |
 青天、白日、滿地紅 (Qīng Tiān, Bái Rì, Mǎn Dì Hóng ["Blue Sky, White Sun, Red Field"]) |
Taiwan |
|
 The Rainbow Flag, Unity Flag, or Interim Flag |
South Africa |
all unofficial |
 Rainbow flag |
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there are several independent rainbow flags in use today, the most widely known worldwide[citation needed] is the pride flag representing gay pride, while the peace flag is especially popular[citation needed] in Italy and the cooperative flag symbolizes the international co-operative movement. |
| Red, White and Blue |
United States |
|
 Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi |
North Korea |
"Indigo and Red Flag of the Republic" |
 Red Ensign or Red Duster |
United Kingdom (civil ensign) |
the civil ensign of the United Kingdom |
 Reial senyera |
Valencian Community |
"Royal flag" |
 Reichs- und Nationalflagge |
Germany (historical) |
"Reich and National Flag"[2] |
 Российский триколор (Rosiiski Trikolor) |
Russia |
"Russian Three Colours" |
 Rojigualda |
Spain |
"Red-weld" |
| Rot-Weiss-Rot |
Austria |
"Red-white-red" |
 De Roude Léiw |
Luxembourg (civil ensign) |
"Red Lion" |
 Rout-Wäiss-Blo |
Luxembourg |
"Red-White-Blue" |
 Ручнік (Ručnik) |
Belarus |
|
 Rødt, hvitt og blått (Red, white and blue) |
Norway |
|
| Sabz Hilāli Parchem |
Pakistan |
"Green Flag with Crescent" |
| Saint Andrew's Cross or The Saltire |
Scotland |
|
 Saint George's Cross |
England |
|
 San Paul's Flag |
Devon |
|
 Sam Si |
Laos |
"Tricolor" |
 Sarkanbaltsarkanais karogs |
Latvia |
"Red-white-red flag" |
| Sang Saka Merah Putih |
Indonesia |
"The Red White Heritage" |
 Ѕвездата од Кутлеш |
Republic of North Macedonia (formerly Republic of Macedonia) (historical flag) |
"Sun of Kutleš' |
| Schwarz-Rot-Gold |
Germany |
"Black-red-gold" |
 Schwarz-Weiß-Rot |
German Empire |
"Black-white-red" |
 Senyera |
Catalonia |
|
 Shir-o-Khorshid |
Iran (historical flag) |
'The lion and the sun" |
 Shqiponja Dykrenare |
Albania |
"The two-headed eagle" |
 Sinimustvalge |
Estonia |
"Blue-black-white" |
 Siniristilippu |
Finland |
"Blue Cross Flag" |
| Sinha Flag |
Sri Lanka |
"Lion Flag" |
 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,[a] |
United States |
|
 Sun-Sea-Sand Banner |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
 Taegeukgi |
South Korea |
|
| Tatlong Bituin at Isang Araw |
Philippines |
"Three Stars and a Sun" |
 Al Tawheed/Shahada |
Saudi Arabia |
|
 Te Kara |
New Zealand (formerly) |
Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand |
 Tino Rangatiratanga |
New Zealand (national Māori flag) |
"Absolute Sovereignty" |
 Tiranga |
India |
"The Tricolour" |
 Tjúgufáni |
Iceland |
|
 Trairong |
Thailand |
"Tricolour" |
 Tree Cassyn Vannin |
Isle of Man |
"Three Legs of Mann" |
 La Tricolor |
Bolivia |
"The Tricolor" |
 El Tricolor Nacional |
Colombia |
"The National Tricolor" |
 La Tricolor |
Costa Rica |
|
 Trobojnica |
Croatia |
"The Tricolor" |
 La Tricolor |
Ecuador |
|
 Tricolor Nacional |
Venezuela |
"National Tricolour" |
 La Tricolor |
Spain (historical) |
|
 Drapeau Tricolore |
France |
"Tricolour Flag" |
 Il Tricolore |
Italy |
|
 Tricolorul |
Romania |
"the Tricolour" |
| Триколор (Trikolor) |
Russia |
|
 Тробојка / Trobojka |
Serbia |
|
 Trídhathach na hÉireann |
Ireland |
"Irish tricolour" |
 Trinacria |
Sicily |
|
 Trispalvė |
Lithuania |
"Tricolor" |
 True South |
Antarctica |
|
 Üçrəngli Bayraq |
Azerbaijan |
"Tricolour Flag" |
| Unifolié |
Canada |
"The [one] with a single Leaf" |
 L'Union Fait La Force |
Haiti |
"Unity makes strength" (motto on the flag) |
 Union Jack or Union Flag,[b] |
United Kingdom |
|
 Union Jack |
United States (maritime jack) |
|
 Wiphala |
Bolivia (co-official flag) |
a flag representing the native peoples of the Andes and the co-official flag of Bolivia |
 五色旗 (Wǔsèqí) |
Republic of China (historical) |
"Five-Colored Flag" |
 五星红旗 (Wǔ Xīng Hóng Qí) |
People's Republic of China |
"Five-Starred Red Flag" |
 Y Ddraig Goch |
Wales |
"The Red Dragon" |
 Եռագույն (Yerakooyn) |
Armenia |
"Tricolour" |
 жовто-блакитний (прапор) (Zhovto-blakytnyy [prapor]) |
Ukraine |
"Yellow-blue [flag]" |
