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The national flag of Brazil (Portuguese: bandeira nacional do Brasil) is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto Ordem e Progresso ('Order and Progress'), within a yellow rhombus, on a green field. It was officially adopted on 19 November 1889 –four days ...
The regional indicator symbolsare a set of 26 alphabetic Unicodecharacters (A–Z) intended to be used to encode ISO 3166-1 alpha-2two-letter country codesin a way that allows optional special treatment. These were defined by October 2010as part of the Unicode 6.0support for emoji, as an alternative to encoding separate characters for each ...
Flag of Princess Territory (1930), short-lived territory in modern-day State of Paraíba. Flag of the Neutral Municipality (1831–1889) Flag of Federal District (1891–1960). State flag of Guanabara (1960–1975). Flag of Fernando de Noronha, designed in 1982 when the islands formed a separate district; still used.
Sabiá-laranjeira (Turdus rufiventris), the rufous-bellied thrush. [7] National tree. Pau-brasil (Paubrasilia echinata), the brazilwood. [8] National floral emblem. There is no official decree designating a National Flower of Brazil. Unofficially: Flowers of the ipê-amarelo (Handroanthus chrysotrichus), the gold trumpet tree [a]
In other circumstances, the gesture's varied meanings are less easily reconciled, as was the case in the 1950s Brazil when United States Vice President Richard Nixon emerged from his airplane displaying the sign with each hand. [25] While Nixon's intent was to communicate goodwill to the people of São Paulo, the crowd received it with offense ...
Despite its similarity to words like “emotion” and “emoticon,” the word “emoji” is actually a Japanese portmanteau of two words: “e,” meaning picture, and “moji,” meaning ...
A collage of various national flags around the world (clockwise from top-left): The flag of Brazil being digitally drawn on a computer. The flag of Papua New Guinea on the patch of a soldier. A sports fan waving the flag of South Africa. Giant flag of Turkey made of Lego bricks.
Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation: 1992 – 1999: Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 1959 – 1975: Flag of Suriname: 1828 – 1830: Flag of Uruguay: 1811 – 1812: Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela: 1813 – 1814: Flag of the Second Republic of Venezuela: 1817 – 1819 1859 Flag of the Third Republic of Venezuela