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List of flags by design

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This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.

Solid

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of solid flags.

Examples:

Flag of Libya (1977–2011)

Olympic Flag

White flag of truce, peace, or surrender

Charged

Flag of China
(red flag charged with yellow canton stars in the top left corner, colors reminiscent of the Flag of the Qing dynasty and the Flag of the Republic of China)

Flag of Japan
(white flag charged with a centered red circular disc representing the sun, embodying the name Land of the Rising Sun)

Flag of New Mexico
(yellow flag charged with a centered red Zia Pueblo sun symbol, colors of the Flag of Spain representing Hispano Nuevo México)

Flag of Rapa Nui
(white flag charged with a centered red Rei Miru, an ornamental Easter Island wearable wood carving)

Bicolour

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bicolor flags.

Examples:

Flag of Rome (vertical bicolour)

Flag of Malta (charged vertical bicolour)

Flag of Portugal (charged vertical bicolour)

Flag of Algeria (charged vertical bicolour)

Vatican City (charged vertical bicolour)

Flag of Indonesia (horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Ukraine (horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Tatarstan (fimbriated horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Haiti (charged horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Angola (charged horizontal bicolour)

Flag of the Philippines (charged horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Bhutan (charged diagonal bicolour)

Flag of Galicia (bicolour with a diagonal stripe)

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (charged fimbriated diagonal bicolour)

Flag of Finland (cross bicolour)

Flag of Bahrain (serrated vertical bicolour)

Tricolour and other tribands

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of triband flags.

Examples:

Flag of India (charged Horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of France (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Italy (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Ireland (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Belgium (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Romania (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Mexico (charged vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of the Netherlands (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Germany (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Russia (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Serbia (charged horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Hungary (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Bulgaria (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Canada (charged vertical bicolour triband)

Flag of Croatia (charged horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Austria (horizontal bicolour triband)

Flag of Colorado (charged horizontal bicolour triband)

Flag of Ecuador (charged horizontal tricolour)

Flag of The Gambia (fimbriated horizontal tricolour)

Flag of Namibia (charged fimbriated diagonal tricolour)

Flag of Benin (tribar)

Flag of Madagascar (tribar)

Flag of the United Arab Emirates (polybar)

Flag of Oman (polybar)

Flag of Nigeria (vertical bicolour triband)

Flag of Sealand (diagonal tricolour)

Flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada (Canadian pale)

Quartered

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of quartered flags.

Examples:

Flag of Maryland, United States (orthogonal)

Flag of Panama (orthogonal)

Flag of Burundi (diagonal)

Flag of Jamaica (diagonal)

Flag of Ceuta, Spain (gyronny)

Stripes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of striped flags.

Examples:

NATO signal flag turn (vertical stripes)

Flag of Catalonia, Spain (horizontal stripes)

Flag of South Vietnam (horizontal stripes)

Flag of South Africa (pall)

Flag of Vanuatu (pall)

Flag of North Macedonia (ray)

Naval Jack of the Netherlands (ray)

Japanese WWII Naval Ensign (ray)

Border

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of bordered flags.

Examples:

Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Flag of Wyoming, United States

Canton

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with cantons.

Examples:

Flag of the United States

British Red Ensign (see also: Flags based on British ensignsonWikimedia Commons)

Esperanto flag

Shape

Circleorsphere

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with circles.

Examples:

Flag of the Vietnamese National Party

Crescent

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with crescents.

Examples:

Flag of Turkey (crescent facing single star)

Flag of Azerbaijan (crescent facing single star)

Flag of Malaysia (crescent facing a 14-point star)

Flag of Pakistan (crescent facing single five pointed star)

Flag of Nepal (crescent and sun)

Flag of Singapore (crescent and five stars)

Cross

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with crosses.

Examples:

Flag of Saint David (symmetric cross)

Flag of Denmark (Nordic cross)

Flag of Sardinia (Saint George's Cross and Four Moors heads)

Flag of Scotland (Saltire / St. Andrew's Cross)

Flag of the Dominican Republic

Flag of Occitania (Occitan cross and Felibritge star)

Flag of the United Kingdom

Diamond

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with diamonds.

Examples:

Flag of Amapá

Flag of Arkansas

Flag of Brazil

Flag of the Republic of the Rif

Flag of Yokohama, Japan

Spiral

Examples:

Flag of Tino rangatiratanga movement

Flag of Ottawa

Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture

Square

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Square flags.

Examples:

Flag of Switzerland (square flag)

Wiphala (square flag)

ICS flag sierra (square in flag)

The checkered flag

Flag of Vatican City (Two colour with coat of arms)

Star

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with stars.

Examples:

Flag of Israel (blue 6-pointed star – Star of David)

Assyrian flag

Flag of Brazil

Flag of Chile

Flag of the People's Republic of China

Flag of Pakistan (five point star)

Flag of Comoros

Flag of Dominica

Flag of Cape Verde

Flag of Morocco (pentagram)

Flag of the Community of Madrid (white 5-pointed stars)

Flag of Chicago

Flag of the Red Army of the Soviet Union (fimbriated red 5-pointed star)

Flag of Portland, Oregon (white 4-pointed star)

Flag of Texas(white 5-pointed star)

Flag of the United States

Flag of Ghana

Flag of Venezuela (8 arched 5 pointed stars)

Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Flag of Vietnam

Flag of Somalia

Sun

Flag of North Macedonia

Flag of Japan

Flag of Kyrgyzstan

Flag of New Mexico

Flag of Taiwan

Flag of Malawi (rising sun)

Flag of Antigua and Barbuda (rising sun)

Flag of British Columbia (setting sun)

Japanese WWII Naval Ensign

Triangle

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with triangles.

Examples:

Flag of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Flag of the Czech Republic

Flag of Djibouti

Flag of Guyana

Flag of South Sudan

Flag of Salinas, Puerto Rico

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Flag of Saint Lucia

Living organism

Animal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with animals.

Examples:

Flag of California, United States (grizzly bear)

Flag of Berlin, Germany (bear)

Flag of Albania (double-headed eagle)

Flag of Saurashtra (horse)

Flag of Papua New Guinea (bird-of-paradise)

Flag of Dominica (bird)

Flag of Flanders, Belgium (lion)

Flag of Sri Lanka (lion)

Flag of Bhutan (dragon)

Flag of Wales (dragon)

Flag of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe Bird)

Person or body part

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with humans.

Examples:

Flag of Sardinia (Four Moors heads and Saint George's Cross)

Flag of Corsica (Moor's head)

Flag of the Isle of Man (leg)

Flag of Sicily (leg and head)

Flag of New Jersey (Liberty and Ceres)

Flag of Ulster (hand)

Flag of Benin Empire (people)

Plant

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with plants.

Examples:

Flag of Quebec (fleur-de-lis)

Flag of Kalmykia (lotus)

Flag of the United Nations (olive branches)

Flag of Lebanon (cedar)

Flag of Hong Kong (Bauhinia blakeana)

Object

Anchor, boat, or ship

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of nautical flags.

Examples:

Flag of Anchorage, Alaska (ananchor)

Flag of New Brunswick (agalley)

Flag of Quebec City (the Don de Dieu)

Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (the Grande Hermine)

Astronomical object

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with stars.

Examples:

Flag of Argentina (Sun of May)

Flag of Australia (Crux)

Flag of Brazil (several constellations)

Flag of Laos (Moon)

Flag of Palau (Moon)

Flag of North Macedonia (Sun)

Flag of New Zealand (Crux)

Flag of the Philippines (Sun)

Book

Flag of the Dominican Republic

Flag of Mozambique

Building

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with buildings.

Examples:

Flag of Afghanistan (amosque)

Flag of Cambodia (Angkor Wat)

Flag of Durban, South Africa (City Hall dome)

Flag of the Isle of Wight, UK (Carisbrooke Castle)

Flag of Toronto, Canada (Toronto City Hall)

Royal Standard of the Duke of Edinburgh (Castle)

Headgear

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with headgear.

Examples:

State Ensign of Belgium (crown)

State Flag of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen)

Flag of Calgary, Alberta (Smithbilt)

Flag of the Vatican City (Papal Tiara)

Personal FlagofQueen Elizabeth II (crown)

Flag of the Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1951–1970) (crown)

Flag

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with flags.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with cantons.

Examples:

South African Prinsevlag (1928–1994) (flags of the United Kingdom, Orange Free State, and Transvaal)

Flag of Georgia, USA (2001–2003) (1777 U.S. flag, traditional, 1920, and 1956 Georgia flags, and current U.S. flag)

Flag of Australia (Britain flag)

Flag of New Zealand (Britain flag)

Flag of Haiti (six vertically hoisted Haitian flags)

Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France (Basque, Breton, and Norman flags)

Flag of Tuvalu (Union Jack in canton)

Flag of Fiji (Union Jack)

Hill, mountain, or rock

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geographical flags.

Examples:

Flag of Roswell, New Mexico (El Capitan)

Flag of Roswell, New Mexico (El Capitan)

Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture (Mount Fuji)

Flag of Sint Eustatius (The Quill)

Flag of Slovakia (Tatra, Mátra and Fatra)

Map

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geographical flags.

Examples:

Flag of Bangladesh (1971)

Flag of Cyprus

Flag of Kosovo

Flag of Unified Korea

Machine, tool, or instrument

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with devices.

Examples:

Flag of Angola (machete and cog wheel)

Flag of Kaluga, Russia
(satellite)

Flag of Portugal
(armillary sphere)

Presidential Standard of Ireland (harp)

Flag of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland (key)

Flag of Mozambique (gun)

Flag of the Soviet Union (hammer and sickle)

Shieldorweapon

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with weapons.

Examples:

Flag of Saudi Arabia (Sword)

Flag of Essex, England (seax)

Flag of the Brazilian Empire (Shield)

Flag of Guatemala (rifle)

Flag of Kenya (shield and spears)

Flag of Mozambique (AK-47)

Flag of Eswatini (shield and spears)

Flag of the United States Virgin Islands (arrows)

Flag of Barbados (Trident)

Flag of Oman (dagger and two swords)

Inscription

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inscribed flags.

Examples:

Flag of Rwanda (1962–2001) (Latin)

Flag of Venda (1973–1994) (Latin)

Flag of Dutch East India Company, (Latin)

Flag of Russian SFSR (1918–1920) (Cyrillic)

Flag of Magway Division, Myanmar (Burmese)

Flag of Saudi Arabia (Arabic)

Flag of Iran (Arabic)

Flag of Righteous Army, Japan (Kanji)

Flag of Lanfang Republic (1777–1884) (Hanzi)

Europe

Examples:

Flag of Iceland

Flag of the Faroe Islands

Flag of Norway

Flag of Sweden

Flag of the Åland Islands

Flag of Finland

Flag of Denmark

Flag of Ireland

Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Flag of Scotland

Flag of England

Flag of Wales

Flag of Northern Ireland

Flag of the Isle of Man

Flag of Guernsey

Flag of Jersey

Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Flag of Liechtenstein

Flag of Austria

Flag of Germany

Flag of Poland

Flag of the Czech Republic

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Flag of Serbia

Flag of Montenegro

Flag of Albania

Flag of North Macedonia

Flag of South Ossetia

Flag of Transnistria

Flag of Kosovo

External links

Keyword listatFlags of the World.

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