World flags

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Thanks to a link Randi posted, I found another one where you can look up ALL flags of the whole world!
Here it is:http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/

I would love to see the maps of ALL countries who have PT-members!!Look it up and post it here, please
Here is mine: http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/small_flag_of_belgium.gif
BELGIUM

ps. all flags come from this link
<a href="http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/" title="Flags Of The World">Flags</a> from the <a href="http://www.appliedlanguage.com/" title="Website Translation">Translation Site</a>

[Randi]

Here's Denmarks:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_denmark.gif

[EssTer]

Here´s Iceland

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_iceland.gif


and here´s Latvia´s flag. I was born in Latvia...

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_latvia.gif

[catnapper]

I'm United States!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/Skilesg/usflag.jpg

[Jods]

Heres me Canada

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_canada.gif

[RICHARD]

http://store1.yimg.com/I/united-states-flag_1828_74028606


I know this is a thread about the flags from other countries....

Sometimes Cah lee fuh nee ah is another planet!:confused: :eek: ;)

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_mexico.gif

This one too!

[Vio&Juni]

The flag of Moldova
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_moldova.gif

[sammy101]

Canada!:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/canadiansam5127/falg.bmp

[cali]

Canada
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_canada.gif

but I am half Finnish(my mom and her entire side of her family were born in finland)
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_finland.gif

[RICHARD]

Does your flag have any symbolism attached to the colors or symbols?

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The American Flag has 50 stars whichc symbolize the 50 states, star for each state, on a field of blue which represents a new "constellation", the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies.

Red is for valor, white for purity and blue the color of heaven.

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The Cal Flag was was a makeshift flag, first flown over a captured Mexican fort in California.

The star represents Polaris, the north star and the bear represents State senator Barbara Boxer. A mean, not to bright person....Just kidding....The Bear represents an animal indigenous to the state.

The colors were the ones that were available to the person who designed it.


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The Mexican Flag

Is tri colored. The green represents the wealth of the country's resources, the white represents the purity of the people, and the red represents the blood spilled to become a country.

On the white field is an eagle, with a snake in it's beak, is perched on a cactus.

It represents the Aztec legend-
The aztec people would find their land by looking for an eagle eating a snake while on a cactus.

[bluekat]

Even though its been posted already..:p

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/small_flag_of_canada.gif

:D

[BCBlondie]

Like Esster, I'm originally from LATVIA!! :D
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/small_flag_of_latvia.gif

But I have spent most of my life in California, USA. ;)
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/small_flag_of_united_states.gif

[Doggirl]

Well I was born in the USA

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_united_states.gif

But the rest of my family was born and, in most cases, raised in South Africa

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_south_africa.gif

[micki76]

Texas! (yes I know it's a state, but we think of ourselves as a country!) :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/micki76/texasfull.gif

[manda_moo87]

Canadian flag :D

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_canada.gif

and here is the flag for British Columbia.

http://www.herenthere.com/cards/Canada/bc.gif

[Uabassoon]

I was born in the USA. My family mostly came from Mexico.

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_mexico.gif

This is the Arizona flag.
http://www.alamoflag.com/alamoflag/Images/StateFlags/arizona_full.jpg

[karyn674]

This is Malta:



http://

[karyn674]

Ok thought it wouldn't work for me!!!!

So I'm attaching! Sorry folks!

[carole]

This is the New Zealand Flag, there is some talk of trying to change the flag, I for one support that, our's is too much like the Australian, and should represent our European and Maori people, so for now this is it.

[mei]

Here is Chinese flag
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_china.gif

[mei]

Here is Hong Kong flag
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_hong_kong.gif

Here is Macao's
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_macau.gif


Here is Taiwan's
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_taiwan.gif

[koxka]

http://ja-ma.tripod.com/catalunya/catalunya.jpg

[cloverfdx]

Australian flag :).
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_australia.gif

Eureka Flag.
http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/images/eureka.gif

Eureka Story (http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/eureka.html)

[Killearn Kitties]

The flag of the United Kingdom

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_united_kingdom.gif

is made up of the flag of St Andrew, the Patron Saint of Scotland (diagonal white cross on a blue background), St George, Patron Saint of England (red cross on white background) and St Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland (diagonal red cross on white background).

As far the significance of the Scottish flag goes, legend has it that in 832 AD, an army of Scots was facing a Northumbrian army. The Scottish king prayed to St Andrew for help, and saw the saltire of St Andrew (the saint had been martyred on a diagonal cross) in the heavens against a clear blue sky. On seeing the cross in the sky, he swore that if the Scots beat the English in the battle that was about to be joined, then St Andrew would forever be the patron saint of Scotland. They did win the battle, and from that day on the saltire has been the national flag of Scotland.

http://www.scotland-calling.com/images-front-page/flag2.gif

I googled it, I didn't remember all the details of the story from my dim and distant childhood. I could google the others as well, but I'll leave room for other people. :D

[dukedogsmom]

US has already been posted so here's Florida
http://www.funjourney.com/atlas-images/flags/FLORIDA.gif

[Barbara]

Here's our: the horizontal version of Belgium ;)

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_germany.gif

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Originally posted by Barbara
Here's our: the horizontal version of Belgium ;)

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_germany.gif

Not really, Barbara, the colours are equal but in another order:

Belgium: http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/medium_flag_of_belgium.gif
black-yellow-red

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

they have already posted the US flag...

here is the Georgia flag... ;)

http://www.afunk.com/chameleon/pictures/011.jpg

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by cloverfdx

Eureka Flag.
http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/images/eureka.gif



California anarchists.......It figures...;) :D

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The stories behind the flags are JUST as interesting as the flags themselves!!!!!

I want stories!!!!!:D

That was my attempt at whining.:p

[carole]

Just for you Richard go to www.nzflag.com there you can read up on the history okey dokey.(nz saying meaning ok):)

[slleipnir]

http://www.theodora.com/flags/new9/prince_edward_island.gif
PEI's flag

[Vio&Juni]

Killear Kitties, do you like my glasses? :D

In October, the qualifying game between Moldova and Scotland was played in Chisinau and I got these from some Scottish guys we helped with some consular issues.

[Lillycat]

this is a really great thread.....thanks to all!!!

[ChrisH]

The Welsh Flag

http://www.data-wales.co.uk/flag.gif

The Welsh flag has two equal horizontal stripes, white above green, and a large red dragon passant.

The ancient poets Aneirin and Taliesin use the Welsh word for dragon "draig" in the sense of "warrior" or "leader" and this usage remained to the Middle Ages. In the Historia Brittonum (ascribed to Nennius) of around 800 A.D. the dragon is seen as a symbol of national independence in the story of the red dragon battling with the white dragon of the Saxon enemy.

Some say that the Red Dragon was originally a griffin on the standard of a Roman legion headquartered in North Wales, but early came to be associated with the fighting dragons imprisoned by Lludd and Llefelys. The significance of these dragons was pointed out by Myrddin, the Merlin of Arthurian legend. Two dragons, one white, one red, had fought for many years. The white dragon at first prevailed but in the end the red dragon overcame the white. Myrddin explained that the Welsh would ultimately, after a long period of adversity, overcome the foreign invaders, and maintain their language, lands and freedom.

Despite its occasional use by other figures famous in Welsh history, the red dragon became the symbol of the Welsh nation through its adoption by the Tudor ancestors of king Henry VII. Edmund and Jasper Tudor had a dragon as crest and supporter to the arms granted them by Henry VI. When Henry Tudor faced king Richard III at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 his battle standards numbered three. One of these carried the arms of St. George of England, one the arms of the house of Beaufort and on one was a "Red ffyry dragon peyntid upon white and Grene Sarcenet". It is held that this dragon banner represented Henry Tudor's claim to be a true representative of the ancient kings of Britain and served as his tribute to the Welsh people who had made his victory possible.

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[ChrisH]

Originally posted by Killearn Kitties
The flag of the United Kingdom
is made up of the flag of St Andrew, the Patron Saint of Scotland (diagonal white cross on a blue background), St George, Patron Saint of England (red cross on white background) and St Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland (diagonal red cross on white background).

Just want to add this info about the Union flag to Karen's .. :)

The Union Flag, or Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom and it is so called because it embodies the emblems of the three countries united under one Sovereign - the kingdoms of England and Wales, of Scotland and of Ireland (although since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom).

The cross saltire of St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, is a diagonal red cross on a white ground. This was combined with the previous Union Flag of St George and St Andrew, after the Act of Union of Ireland with England (and Wales) and Scotland on 1 January 1801, to create the Union Flag that has been flown ever since.

The Welsh dragon does not appear on the Union Flag. This is because when the first Union Flag was created in 1606, the Principality of Wales by that time was already united with England and was no longer a separate principality.

[Killearn Kitties]

Nice glasses Vio!! I imagine they would make your eyes go a bit funny if you wore them for too long! Now, I don't think you posted a Moldovan flag and story, did you?

Good grief, Chris! Are you a closet historian in your spare time? :D

[Vio&Juni]

Originally posted by Killearn Kitties
Nice glasses Vio!! I imagine they would make your eyes go a bit funny if you wore them for too long! Now, I don't think you posted a Moldovan flag and story, did you?


No story, but I posted the flag :)

[Killearn Kitties]

Oops, sorry, so you did! I should have been paying more attention. :D

[Corinna]

Thesite wouldn't come up for me but Most people think Montana is another world.