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The flag of El Salvador features a horizontal triband of cobalt blue -white- cobalt blue, with the coat of arms centered and entirely contained within the central white stripe. This design of a triband of blue-white-blue is commonly used among Central American countries. The country's flag is one of the few that currently use the color purple ...
The flag of the Dominican Republic represents the Dominican Republic and, together with the coat of arms and the national anthem, has the status of a national symbol. The blue on the flag stands for liberty, the white for salvation, and the red for the blood of heroes. [1] The civil flag follows the same design, but without the charge in the ...
Thirteen red and yellow rays on the top half and blue on the lower half, with a copper star in the center. The flag of Arizona consists of 13 rays of red and weld-yellow on the top half. The red and yellow symbolize the Spanish conquistadores that explored this part of America; this is because the flag is inspired by the current flag of Spain.
The flag of New Zealand, also known as the New Zealand Ensign, [ 1] is based on the British maritime Blue Ensign – a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corner – augmented or defaced with four red stars centred within four white stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation. [ 2]
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
The national flag of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Bandera de Costa Rica) is based on a design created in 1848 and 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 ...
The flag of the United Nations is a sky blue banner containing the United Nations ' emblem in the centre. The emblem on the flag is coloured white; it is a depiction of the world map in the azimuthal equidistant projection (centred on the North Pole ), which is surrounded by a pair of olive branches. The emblem was officially adopted on 7 ...
Adopted. 1976 [ 1 ] Design. An interchangeable variant of the national flag with lighter shades. The national flag of France (French: drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side ), white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the Tricolour (French: Tricolore ), although the flag of Ireland ...