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Flag Duration Use Description Naval ensign of Saint Kitts and Nevis: A white field with a centered red cross, the national flag stretched out to a ratio of 1:2 is in the canton. 1958–1962: Naval ensign of the West Indies Federation: A white field with a centered red cross, the national flag stretched out to a ratio of 1:2 is in the canton.
List of Kittitian and Nevisian flags; S. Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla This page was last edited on 2 December 2024, at 16:29 (UTC). ...
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Saint Kitts and Nevis; Use: National flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 19 September 1983; 41 years ago (): Design: A yellow-edged black diagonal band bearing two white five-pointed stars divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is red.
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The current name Nevis was derived from the Spanish name Nuestra Señora de las Nieves by process of abbreviation and anglicisation. The Spanish name means Our Lady of the Snows. It is not known who chose this name for the island, but it is a reference to the story of a 4th-century Catholic miracle related to a snowfall on the Esquiline Hill in ...