List of flag names

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This is an incomplete list of the names and nicknames of flags, organized in alphabetical order by flag name. Very few flags have any truly official names, but some unofficial names are so widely used that they are accepted as a flag's universal name.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Originally referred to the version of the U.S. flag in use from 1795 to 1818; now often used to refer to all U.S. flags.
  2. ↑ Called the "Royal Union Flag" in Canada, a former colony of the United Kingdom.

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References

  1. ↑ "800 years of Dannebrog | The story of the Danish flag". Denmark.dk. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Reichsflaggengesetz (Eines der drei "Nürnberger Gesetze")" [Reich Flag Law (One of the three "Nuremberg Laws")]. documentArchiv.de (in German). 15 September 1935. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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