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The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of su 'good, well' and asti 'is; it is; there is'. [31] The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting.
It uses U+1F3F4 WAVING BLACK FLAG and formatting tag characters instead of regional indicator symbols. It is based on ISO 3166-2 regions with hyphen removed and lowercase, e.g. GB-ENG → gbeng, terminating with U+E007F CANCEL TAG. Flag of England is therefore represented by a sequence U+1F3F4, U+E0067, U+E0062, U+E0065, U+E006E, U+E0067, U+E007F.
Flag Dates used English text Annapolis Royal –present ANNAPOLIS ROYAL N.S. Albay —present 1. PROVINCE OF ALBAY 2. OFFICIAL SEAL: Anne Arundel County, Maryland: 1997–1998 1. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY 2. MARYLAND: Antigua and Barbuda (Governor) 1967–81 EACH ENDEAVOURING ALL ACHIEVING: Antigua and Barbuda (Governor-General) 1981–present ...
The flag incorporates several other symbols, namely a globe, a book, a sword, and a seven-leafed branch. The text above the logo reads فإن حزب الله هم الغالبون ( fa-inna ḥizba llāhi humu l-gālibūna ) and means "Then surely the party of God are they that shall be triumphant" ( Quran 5 :56), which is a reference to the ...
The flag is never lowered to half-mast as a sign of mourning, because lowering it would be considered blasphemous and desecrating. [5] Similarly, the flags of Afghanistan and Somaliland also never at half-mast, and neither is the flag of Iraq because it bears the takbir. [6] The normal flag cannot be hoisted vertically according to Saudi ...
Flag Dates used Malay text English translation Federal Territory (Malaysia) 2006–present BERSEKUTU BERTAMBAH MUTU [also written in Jawi script] UNITY IS STRENGTH: Kedah: 1912–present نڬري قدح State of Kedah: Malaysia (Raja Permaisuri Agong) –present BERSEKUTU BERTAMBAH MUTU [also written in Jawi script] UNITY IS STRENGTH
The flag of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM, Party of the Revolution in Swahili), currently the ruling political party of Tanzania, has a slightly different symbol with a hammer and a hoe (jembe) instead of a sickle to represent the most common farm tool in Africa.
A five-pointed star. A five-pointed star (☆), geometrically an equilateral concave decagon, is a common ideogram in modern culture. Comparatively rare in classical heraldry, it was notably introduced for the flag of the United States in the Flag Act of 1777 and since has become widely used in flags.