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2. Flag of Scotland - Wikipedia

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   Saltire with sky blue field Saltire with navy blue field. The heraldic term for an X-shaped cross is a 'saltire', from the old French word saultoir or salteur (itself derived from the Latin saltatorium), a word for both a type of stile constructed from two cross pieces and a type of cross-shaped stirrup-cord. [7]

3. List of Scottish flags - Wikipedia

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   A Red Ensign with the Flag of Scotland in the canton. 1606–1707: Scottish Union Flag: First Union Flag with the Flag of Scotland superior to and overlying the Flag of England. c.1617: An early version of the Union Flag that appears on a painted wooden ceiling boss from Linlithgow Palace: A blue Saint Andrew's Saltire superimposed over a red ...

4. National symbols of Scotland - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Arms of Scotland [2] is a coat of arms symbolising Scotland and the Scottish monarchs.The blazon, or technical description, is "Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second", meaning a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a yellow field and surrounded by a red double royal tressure flory counter-flory device.

5. Saltire - Wikipedia

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   The saltire is important both in heraldry, being found in many coats of arms, and in vexillology, being found as the dominant feature of multiple flags.. Coat of arms of the counts of Ötingen (Oettingen): Azure a bordure vair ancien gules and or, a saltire argent over all (attested from as early as 1180, [3] here in the depiction in the Zürich armorial, c. 1340).

6. Flags of cities, towns and villages in the United Kingdom

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   A yellow saltire is displayed on the flag. The saltire reflects the situation of the village at a notorious crossroads between Edenbridge and Sevenoaks, oriented northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. The hues indicate the lushness of Kent in general and Four Elms in particular. The local cricket club has its colours.

7. Category:Saltire flags - Wikipedia

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   Category: Saltire flags. ... Saint Patrick's Saltire; Saltire; Flag of Scotland; Symbols of Kraków This page was last edited on 29 January 2017, at 12:43 (UTC ...

8. Athelstaneford - Wikipedia

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   According to popular legend, Athelstaneford is where the original Scottish saltire - the white diagonal cross on a sky blue background - was first adopted. On the eve of a battle between rival armies of Picts and Northumbrians in 832AD, Saint Andrew, who was crucified on a diagonal cross, came to the Pictish King Óengus II in a vision promising victory.

9. Flag of East Lothian - Wikipedia

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   This saltire design on blue reflects the local birthplace of the national flag, with the cross in gold signifying the wealth of the county's farmlands and reputation as the granary of Scotland. The lion rampant is a traditional emblem of the county – it appears in many local coats of arms while King William the Lion was born in the royal ...