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Flags of the World

Name Flag image Flag description
Anguilla http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Anguilla-flag.jpg blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below
Antigua_and_Barbuda http://open-site.org/img/chirone/AntiguaB-flag.jpg red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising sun in the black band
Aruba http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Aruba-flag.jpg blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner
Bahamas http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Bahama-flag.jpg three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side
Barbados http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Barbados-flag.jpg three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident)
British_Virgin_Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/BritVergIsl-flag.jpg blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a scroll bearing the Latin word VIGILATE (Be Watchful)
Cayman_Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Cayman-flag.jpg blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Caymanian coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms includes a pineapple and turtle above a shield with three stars (representing the three islands) and a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS
Cuba http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Cuba-flag.jpg five equal horizontal bands of blue (top and bottom) alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bears a white, five-pointed star in the center; design influenced by the US flag
Dominica http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Dominica-flag.jpg green, with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes)
Dominican_Republic http://open-site.org/img/chirone/DominicRep-flag.jpg a centered white cross that extends to the edges divides the flag into four rectangles - the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, and the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue; a small coat of arms featuring a shield supported by an olive branch (left) and a palm branch (right) is at the center of the cross; above the shield a blue ribbon displays the motto, DIOS, PATRIA, LIBERTAD (God, Fatherland, Liberty), and below the shield, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA appears on a red ribbon
Grenada http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Grenada-flag.jpg a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions
Haiti http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Haiti-flag.jpg two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength)
Jamaica http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Jamaica-flag.jpg diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and outer side)
Martinique http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Martinica-flag.jpg a light blue background is divided into four quadrants by a white cross; in the center of each rectangle is a white snake; the flag of France is used for official occasions
Montserrat blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a woman standing beside a yellow harp with her arm around a black cross
Netherlands_Antilles http://open-site.org/img/chirone/AntilOl-flag.jpg white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center superimposed on a vertical red band, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the center of the blue band; the five stars represent the five main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
Puerto_Rico http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Portorico-flag.jpg five equal horizontal bands of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bears a large, white, five-pointed star in the center; design initially influenced by the US flag, but similar to the Cuban flag, with the colors of the bands and triangle reversed
Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis http://open-site.org/img/chirone/SKitN-flag.gif divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black band bearing two white, five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red
Saint_Lucia http://open-site.org/img/chirone/SLucia-flag.jpg blue, with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border
Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold (double width), and green; the gold band bears three green diamonds arranged in a V pattern
Trinidad_and_Tobago http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Trinidad-flag.jpg red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly side
Turks_and_Caicos_Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/TurkCoicos-flag.gif blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell, lobster, and cactus



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