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Fla-Flu Fla-Flu (truncation of Flamengo-Fluminense) is a football (soccer) matchup between cross-town rivals Flamengo and Fluminense, two of Rio de Janeiro's most popular teams. Matches are usually sold out and normally take place in the 70,000-seat MaracanĂŁ Stadium, located near downtown Rio, in MaracanĂŁ neighborhood.
Flaaffy are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Flaaffy in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Flabby Sagging Flesh "Flabby Sagging Flesh" is the name of the split single by Turbonegro and Anal Babes released on 7" Vinyl in 1995 on Big Ball Records. Each band covers one original song of the other - Anal Babes show up with a brutal and sick version of Turbo's "Deathtime".
Flaccus Flaccus was a Roman cognomen of the plebs Fulvius, considered one of the most illustrious gentes of the city. Cicero and Pliny the Elder state that the family was originally from Tusculum, and that members still lived there in the 1st century.
Flaccus (composer) Flaccus is a composer from the second century BC, of whom little is known. He was either a freedman or a slave of one of Terence's patrons and wrote musical scores for Terence's comedies (playing or composing music was no occupation for a free citizen).
Flacourtiaceae Flacourtiaceae was a flowering plant family in the Cronquist system and several others of plant classification. It is often complained that Arthur Cronquist had a habit of dumping all the left-over members of an order, the "scraps" that did not clearly fit into any one family in that order with closely related genera, into a single catch-all family, or "garbage pail" family.
Fladda Fladda is one of the Slate Islands, off the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies west of Luing and is has a lighthouse and lighthousekeepers' cottages built in 1860 by brothers David and Thomas Stevenson.
Fladry line A fladry line is essentially a line mounted along the top of a fence, from which are suspended strips of fabric or some other material which will flap in a breeze, and intended to deter wolves from traversing the fence-line. Fladry lines have been used for this purpose for several centuries.
Flag A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used symbolically for signalling or identification. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.
Flag (computing) In computer programming, flag refers to one or more bits that are used to store a binary value or code that has an assigned meaning. Flags are typically found as members of a defined data structure, such as a database record, and the meaning of the value contained in a flag will generally be defined in relation to the data structure it is part of.
Flag Acts (United States) The Flag Acts are the three laws which define the design of the Flag of the United States. Each is remarkably short, the shortest being a sentence of 32 words, and the longest being a title and two sentences of 117 words.
Flag Admiral Flag Admiral was a proposed rank of the United States Navy during the last year of World War II. It is considered "unofficially" as a six star Admiral rank, the equivalent to the rank of General of the Armies in the United States Army.
Flag concepts for the South Island New Zealand is a unitary nation rather than a federation, and as such there has been no specific flag used to represent the two main islands or most of the minor islands other than the national flag (with the notable exceptions of the Chatham Islands and Stewart Island).
Flag desecration Flag desecration is a blanket term applied to various acts that intentionally deface or dishonor a flag, most often a national flag (though other flags can be defaced as well). Often, such action is intended to make a political point against a country or its policies.
Flag Day There are two recognized definitions of the term "Flag Day". The first definition is used to designate a day to fly a flag of a certain area, mostly that of nations; the second definition is used to designate a day set aside to honor an event specifically involving a national flag (e.
Flag Day in the United States In the United States, Flag Day (more formally, National Flag Day), is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.
Flag Desecration Amendment The Flag Desecration Amendment, often referred to as the flag burning amendment, is a controversial proposed constitutional amendment to the United States Constitution that would allow the United States Congress to statutorily proscribe the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. The concept of flag desecration continues to provoke a heated debate over protecting a national symbol and protecting free speech.
Flag flying days in Mexico In Article 18 of the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem (Ley Sobre El Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales) there is a listing of dates that the Mexican flag is flown by all branches of government. Civilians are also encouraged to display the national flag on these days.
Flag football Flag football is a version of American football that is popular across the United States and Europe. The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the professional game, but instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down.
Flag Group The Flag Group was one of the two wings of the British National Front in the 1980s and stood in opposition to the Political Soldier wing of the Official National Front. It took its name from The Flag, a National Front journal that they kept control of.
Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum is the 1793 home of Mary Pickersgill where she sewed the "Star Spangled Banner," the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in the summer of 1813 during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The museum contains furniture and antiques from the period as well as items from the Pickersgill family.
Flag Institute Founded on St George's Day, April 23 1971 by William Crampton, President of FIAV, the Flag Institute is one of the world's leading research and documentation centres for flags and flag information. It is the principle advisor and designer of flags to the British Government.
Flag of Afghanistan The Flag of Afghanistan was adopted by the transitional government of Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan in 2002-2004.This flag is similar to the one flown in Afghanistan during the monarchy between 1930 and 1973.
Flag of Albania The national flag of Albania is a base red flag with a black two-headed eagle in the centre. It is derived from the similar seal of Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg, a 15th century Albanian who led the revolt against the Ottoman Empire that resulted in brief independence for Albania from 1443 to 1478.
Flag of Anguilla The national flag of Anguilla consists of a Blue Ensign with the British flag in the upper left, and the coat of arms of Anguilla in the lower right corner. The coat of arms consists of three dolphins, which were featured on the earlier Anguillan flag, and which stand for friendship, wisdom and strength.
Flag of Arizona The flag of Arizona consists of 13 rays of red and gold (the conquistador colors and of the flag of Spain) on the top half, representing the original 13 colonies, as well as portraying Arizona's legendary sunsets. There is a copper colored star in the center signifying Arizona's copper-mining industry.
Flag of Armenia The national flag of Armenia, the Armenian Tricolor, consists of three horizontal bands of equal width, red on the top, blue in the middle, and orange on the bottom. The Armenian Supreme Council adopted the current flag on August 24, 1990.
Flag of Australia The flag of Australia was chosen in 1901 from entries in a worldwide design competition held following Federation. It was approved by Australian and British authorities over the next few years, although the exact specifications of the flag were changed several times both intentionally and as a result of confusion.
Flag of Azerbaijan The flag of Azerbaijan consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a white crescent and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band. The eight points of the star stand for the eight branches of the Turkic people.
Flag of Ă…land The flag of Ă…land refers to the geographical and political position of these Finnish islands just off the coast of Sweden: it is the Swedish flag defaced by a red cross symbolising Finland. (Today, blue and white are considered the Finnish colours, but in the early days of Finnish nationalism, red and yellow (from the ) were also an option.
Flag of Baltimore, Maryland The flag of the City of Baltimore features the Battle Monument, a local monument to veterans of the War of 1812 which is also the central motif on the city seal. The field is Calvert family colors, which also serve as half of the Maryland state flag.
Flag of Barcelona The current flag of Barcelona combines the cross of Saint George (in Catalan, Sant Jordi), the patron saint of the city, with the traditional red and yellow bars of the Senyera, the ancient symbol of Catalonia (here, the bars are vertical, though the modern flag of Catalonia has horizontal stripes).
Flag of Belarus The current national flag of Belarus was formally changed on June 7, 1995, following the result of a referendum voted on by the Belarusian people in the previous month. This new design replaced a historical flag used by the Belarusian People's Republic of 1918, before Belarus became a Soviet Republic, and again after it regained its independence in 1991.
Flag of Belgium The national flag of Belgium contains three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the vertical design was based on the flag of France, whereas the colours were taken from the colours of the duchy of Brabant. When riots were starting as result of the Belgian revolution against the Dutch domination, a civil guard was established which wore the colours of Brabant.
Flag of Belize The national flag of Belize was adopted on September 21, 1981 upon independence from the United Kingdom. The flag is a continued version of the earlier flag of British Honduras (the name of Belize during the British colonial period).
Flag of Benin The national flag of Benin was originally adopted in 1959. It was changed upon the accession of the Marxist regime in 1975, but upon the removal of the regime, the old design was reintroduced on August 1, 1990.
Flag of Biafra The flag of the now-defunct Republic of Biafra consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, black, and green, charged with a golden rising sun over a golden bar; the sun has eleven rays, representing the eleven provinces of Biafra.
Flag of Bikini Atoll The Flag of Bikini Atoll, a member of the Marshall Islands, was adopted in 1987 as a symbol of what the islanders believe is the American government's obligations to them. The 23 white stars in the canton of the flag represent the islands of Bikini Atoll.
Flag of Bohemia The current flag of Bohemia, a region in the Czech Republic, is identical to the flag that was used for the whole of Czechoslovakia from October 28, 1918 until February 29, 1920, when a blue triangle was added to the hoist to make the nation's flag more distinct from the flag of Poland.
Flag of Bonaire The flag of Bonaire has a large blue triangle in the lower right corner and a smaller yellow triangle in the upper left corner. The triangles are separated by a white strip, inside of which is a black compass and a red six-pointed star.
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina contains a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag. The remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Flag of Brittany The flag of Brittany is called the Gwenn-ha-du, which means white and black in Breton. It is also used in the département of Loire-Atlantique, although this belongs to the région Pays de la Loire not the région Bretagne, because the territory of Loire-Atlantique is historically part of the province of Brittany.
Flag of Brunei The national flag of Brunei was adopted on September 29, 1959 when the country was a British protectorate, and was retained when the country gained full independence on January 1, 1984, as Brunei Darussalam (State of Brunei, Abode of Peace). The flag has the Coat of Arms of Brunei in the centre, on a yellow field.
Flag of Brunei Darussalam The Brunei Darussalam Flag of yellow, white and black was redesigned to include the red state crest to mark the public declaration of Brunei’s Written Constitution on 29th September 1959. On the same date Brunei achieved internal self-government and the State Flag is now an important symbol for modern, independent Brunei.
Flag of Buffalo, New York The municipal flag of Buffalo is the official banner of the city of Buffalo, New York. The navy blue flag contains a large central emblem consisting of the city seal with 13 "electric flashes" (depicted as lightning bolts) and interspaced 5-pointed white stars emanating from it.
Flag of Bulgaria The flag of Bulgaria (, zname na Balgariya) is a tricolour consisting of three equal-sized horizontal bands of (from top to bottom) white, green, and red. White represents peace, green represents the fertility of the Bulgarian lands, and red stands for the courage of the people.
Flag of Burkina Faso The flag of Burkina Faso is formed by two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center. The colours are the popular Pan-African colours of Ethiopia; however, the red is also said to stand for the socialist revolution, and the green for the richness of Burkina Faso.
Flag of convenience A flag of convenience is a flag of one country, flown by a ship owned by a citizen of another country. The ship owner can thereby often avoid taxes and make registration easier; the country providing the flag charges money for that service.
Flag of California The flag of California was first flown during the Bear Flag Revolt as the flag of the California Republic, and a modified version was then adopted by the California state legislature in 1911 as the state flag. The flag of the U.
Flag of Canada The National Flag of Canada, popularly known as the Maple Leaf and l'Unifolié (French for "the one-leaved"), is a base red flag with a white square in its centre featuring a stylized, 11-pointed, red maple leaf. Before this flag, Canada used variants of the British Red Ensign with the shield of Canada charged in the fly.
Flag of Cape Colony The flag of Cape Colony was first adopted on 12 May 1875 and was replaced by the Union Flag of South Africa on 31 May 1910. It is a Blue Ensign with the crest of Cape Colony superimposed with a white oval around it.
Flag of Cape Verde The national Flag of Cape Verde was adopted on September 22, 1992 and symbolized a break in relations with Guinea-Bissau, with whom Cape Verde was to unite. The 10 stars on the flag represent the main islands of the nation (a chain of islands off the coast of Africa).
Flag of Colorado The flag of Colorado consists of three horizontal stripes of equal width; the top and bottom stripes are blue, and the middle stripe white. On top of these stripes sits a circular red "C", filled with a golden disk.
Flag of Connecticut The flag of Connecticut consists of a white shield with three grapevines (each bearing three bunches of purple grapes) on a field of azure blue. The banner below the shield reads "Qui Transtulit Sustinet," ("He who transplanted sustains us") the state's motto.
Flag of Costa Rica The flag of Costa Rica was officially adopted on November 27, 1906. However, the blue, white and red horizontal design was created and used since 1848 when Costa Rica left the Federal Republic of Central America and declare itself a Sovereign Republic.
Flag of Delaware The flag of Delaware consists of a buff-colored diamond on a field of colonial blue, with the coat of arms of the state of Delaware inside the diamond. Below the diamond, the date December 7, 1787, declares the day on which Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Flag of Denmark The national flag of Denmark, the Dannebrog, is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side. The cross design of the Danish flag was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
Flag of Denver, Colorado The flag of the City and County of Denver, Colorado was designed by a local high school student and adopted in 1926. A zigzag white stripe horizontally separates a blue field above, in which is centered a yellow circle, from a red field below, together forming a stylized depiction of the sun in a blue sky above mountains.
Flag of Djibouti The national flag of Djibouti features two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star (representing the areas Somalis live in the region) in the centre. These five places are British Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland/Somalia), Italian Somaliland (Somalia), French Somaliland (Djibouti), Ogaden (Ethiopia) and Northeastern Kenya.
Flag of Ecuador The flag of Ecuador, which consists of horizontal bands of yellow (double width), blue and red, was adopted on September 26, 1860. It is very similar to that of Colombia and Venezuela, which are also former members of Greater Colombia.
Flag of Egypt The flag of Egypt in its current form was adopted on October 4, 1984. It depicts the national emblem; Eagle of Saladin (a shield superimposed on a golden eagle facing the hoist side above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in the white band
Flag of El Salvador The flag of El Salvador was adopted on September 27, 1972. It is based on the flag of the United Provinces of Central America and was initially adopted in 1822, abandoned in 1865, reinstated in 1912, and last confirmed in 1972.
Flag of Eritrea The current flag of Eritrea was adopted on December 5, 1995, and uses the basic layout of the flag of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, with the wreath with upright olive branch symbol derived from the 1952 flag.
Flag of Federated Malay States The flag of the Federated Malay States (Negeri Negeri Melayu Bersekutu) represented the union of the four Malay states of Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang in a federation as a protectorate under the British Crown.
Flag of Finland The flag of Finland, also called Siniristilippu (The Blue Cross Flag), dates from the beginning of the 20th century, and is ultimately modelled on the Danish flag, the Dannebrog. It features a blue Nordic cross on a white background.
Flag of France The national flag of France (Vexillological symbol: , known in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau bleu-blanc-rouge, drapeau français, rarely, le tricolore and, in military parlance, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red.
Flag of French Guiana The flag of the Region of French Guiana, a région of France located in South America, is a white field on which is placed a logo showing a yellow five-pointed star in a patch of blue, over an orange figure in a yellow boat on a patch of green, over two wavy orange lines. Above the logo is inscribed GUYANE, and LA RÉGION below.
Flag of Georgia (country) The official flag of Georgia is the "five-cross flag", restored to official use on January 14, 2004 after a break of some 500 years. It was previously the flag of the medieval Georgian kingdom and had been used as the official symbol of the United National Movement political party.
Flag of Grand Forks, North Dakota The official flag of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota was adopted on December 5, 1994. The flag features green riverbanks (symbolize the life and growth of the city), blue water (symbolizes the forking of the Red River of the North and the Red Lake River at Grand Forks and the historical significance of the rivers in the development of the city), a yellow stalk of wheat (symbolizes the local importance of agriculture), a red feather (symbolizes the influence of Native Americans on the region), and a white background (symbolizes the clean air and open spaces of the area).
Flag of Greece The flag of Greece (, popularly referred to as the Γαλανόλευκη, the "blue-white") is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the country.
Flag of Grenada The flag of Grenada was adopted in 1974. The seven stars stand for the country's seven parishes, with the middle star, encircled by a red disk, standing for the parish of Saint George, where the capital, Saint George's, is located.
Flag of Guadalajara The flag of the city of Guadalajara is the emblem that represents this city and is used by the twon hall as representative symbol of the city. The above mentioned flag consists of 3 horizontal blue striping, yellow and blue respectively, in the central part of the yellow bar the Seal of Guadalajara conceived by the emperor Carlos V in 1539.
Flag of Guadeloupe The flag of the Region of Guadeloupe, a région and overseas département of France located in the Caribbean, is a white field on which is placed a logo showing a stylized sun and bird on a green and blue square. Below the logo is inscribed REGION GUADELOUPE underlined in yellow.
Flag of Guatemala The flag of Guatemala is designed in two colors: sky blue and white. The white stripe between the two sky blue stripes represents the fact that Guatemala is a land located between two oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
Flag of Guinea-Bissau The flag of Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973 after the nation received its independence from Portugal. The flag features the traditional Pan-African colors of gold, green, red, and also the Black Star of Africa.
Flag of Hawaii Ka Hae Hawaii, or the Flag of Hawaii, is the official standard symbolizing Hawaii as a kingdom (under a short British annexation), protectorate, republic, territory and state. Ka Hae Hawaii is the only state flag in the United States to have been flown under so many various forms of government and the only one that features the Union Flag (more commonly known as the Union Jack), the flag of the United Kingdom.
Flag of Hezbollah The flag of Hezbollah, while sometimes found in different colours, is usually composed of the green logo of the Shi'a militant organization Hezbollah, upon a yellow background with text above and below the logo in red (or sometimes green). the yellow background was chosen because imma ali(a) held a yellow flag in the invasion of kahbar fortress.
Flag of Hong Kong The Regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China () features a stylised, white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana in the centre of a red field. The red colour on this flag coincides with the flag of the People's Republic of China.
Flag of Chad The national flag of the Republic of Chad is a vertical tricolor consisting (left to right) of a blue, a yellow and a red field. The flag colors combine the colors of the flag of France with the traditional Pan-African colors.
Flag of Chechnya The flag of Chechnya is a rectangle with sides in the ratio 2:3, the same ratio as the flag of the Russian Federation. The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom: green, representing Islam; white; and red; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical white band at the hoist side, containing the national ornament, a design of four golden scroll shapes.
Flag of Cherkasy Oblast The flag of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine is the official flag of the Ukrainian province of Cherkasy. It was designed by Aleksandra and Mykolay Telizhenky, and officially adopted by the resolution of a regional council â„– 15-3 on January 29, 1998.
Flag of Chile The flag of Chile consists of two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; there is a blue square the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end of the white band; the square bears a white five-pointed star in the center representing a guide to progress and honor; blue symbolizes the sky, white is for the snow-covered Andes, and red stands for the blood spilled to achieve independence.
Flag of Chuvashia The main charge of the Flag of Chuvashia is a stylized tree of life, a symbol of rebirth, with the tree suns, a traditional emblem popular in Chuvash art. The purple stands for the land, the golden yellow for prosperity.
Flag of Illinois The flag of the state of Illinois was designed in 1912 by Lucy Derwent in response to a contest held by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The flag became the official state banner on July 6, 1915 following its passage in the Illinois State House and Senate.
Flag of India The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on the 15 August, 1947. It has served as the national flag of the Dominion of India between the 15th of August 1947 and the 26 January 1950 and that of the Republic of India thereafter.
Flag of Indiana The flag of Indiana consists of a gold torch representing liberty and enlightenment; the rays represent their far-reaching influence. The stars represent Indiana's place as the 19th state to join the United States - 13 stars in the outer loop for the original 13 colonies, 5 inside them for the next five states, and one large star above the torch for Indiana.
Flag of Indonesia The national flag of Indonesia which is known as "Sang Merah Putih" in Indonesian is based on the flag of the Majapahit empire, back in the 13th century. The flag itself was introduced and hoisted in public at the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony, on August 17, 1945.
Flag of Iowa The flag of Iowa consists of three vertical stripes of blue, white, and red, reflecting Iowa's history as part of the French Louisiana Territory. (Because of the wider middle stripe and symmetric design, the design is sometimes classified as a "Canadian pale".
Flag of Iran The current flag of Iran was adopted on July 29, 1980, and is a reflection of the changes brought to Iran by the Islamic Revolution. The basic design of the flag is three horizontal bands of green above white above red, symbolizing Islam, peace, and courage.
Flag of Iraq The flag of Iraq has had four different designs since the establishment of Iraq in 1921. While the current situation is not entirely clear, the version in use at present is a minor variation of the design adopted under the Saddam Hussein government in 1991.
Flag of Ireland The National Flag of Ireland (Irish: An Bhratach Náisiúnta), also known as the Irish tricolour, is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland. The flag was first adopted as the national flag of the Irish Free State in 1922.
Flag of Japan The national flag of Japan, known as Nisshōki (日章旗 "sun flag") or Hinomaru (日の丸 "sun disc") in Japanese, is a base white flag with a large red disc (representing the rising sun) in the center. A legend says that its origins lie in the days of the Mongol invasions of Japan in the 13th century, when the Buddhist priest Nichiren was supposed to have offered the sun disc flag to the Emperor of Japan, who was considered a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
Flag of Jordan The national flag of Jordan is based on the flag of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The flag consists of three horizontal bands (black, white and green) that are all connected by a red triangle on the left edge.
Flag of JunqueirĂłpolis The flag of JunqueirĂłpolis (bandeira de JunqueirĂłpolis) is the official flag of the municipality of JunqueirĂłpolis in the western region of the state of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. It was legally instituted on 30 May of 1978.
Flag of Kentucky The flag of Kentucky consists of the Commonwealth's seal on a navy blue field, surrounded by the words "Commonwealth of Kentucky" above and sprigs of goldenrod, the state flower, below. The flag was designed by Jesse Cox, an art teacher in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Flag of Kiribati The Flag of Kiribati: the upper half is red with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the 3 groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island).
Flag of Kyrgyzstan The flag of Kyrgyzstan was adopted on March 3, 1992. It consists of a red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays representing the 40 Kyrgyz tribes; on the obverse side the rays run counterclockwise, on the reverse, clockwise; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized representation of the roof of the traditional Kyrgyz yurt.
Flag of Labrador The flag of Labrador, while unofficial, is used to represent the mainland part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador as distinct from the island of Newfoundland. It was designed in 1973 by Michael S.
Flag of Lesotho The current national flag of Lesotho, adopted on October 4, 2006, features a horizontal blue, white, and green tricolour with a black mokorotlo (a Basotho hat) in the centre. The design, introduced to honour the 40th anniversary of independence, is reportedly intended to reflect a peaceful orientation for the country.
Flag of Lewis The flag of Lewis is one of the most unusual of Scotland's Hebridean flags. The blue and white stripes are said to represent the seven traditional areas of Lewis: Back (Am Bac), Lochs (Na Lochan), Ness (Nis), Point (An Rubha), Uig (Uig), West Side (An Taobh Siar) and the main town, Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh).

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