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A list of (nick)names
- Belgium - Driekleur, Tricolore
- Brazil: auriverde
- Canada:
- Maple Leaf Flag
- Unifolié (French)
- China: Five Stars Red Flag
- Colombia: tricolor
- Croatia: Trobojnica (tricolor),
Crven-Bijeli-Plavi (red white blue), Barjak (flag); the chequy shield:
S'ahovnica (chessboard)
- Cuba: La Estrella Solitaria (the lonely star)
- Denmark: Dannebrog
- Finland: Siniristilippu (flag with a blue cross)
- France: Tricolore
- Faroe Islands Merkið
- Germany: Schwarz-Rot-Gold (black red gold)
- Bavaria: Rautenflagge (Lozenges flag)
- Bremen: Speckflagge
- Third Reich: Hakenreuzflagge (swastika
flag)
- Weimar Republic: Schwarz-Rot-Mostrich
(Black-Red-Mustard [derogatory nickname used by anti-democratic groups])
- Germany (East) - Spalterflagge (derogatory term)
- Greece: Galanolefki (the blue-and-white)
- Guyana: Golden Arrow
- Indonesia: Sang Saka (Lofty Bicolor, off.), Merah
Putih (red white)
- Italy: Tricolore (tricolor)
- Japan: Hinomaru (sun disc flag)
- Netherland: Princenvlag, Oranje-Blanje-Bleu
(orange white blue)
- Norway
- Poland: bialo-czerwona (white-red)
- Pirates: Jolly Roger
- Portugal: Verde E Rubra, Verde-Rubra (green and
red)
- Puerto Rico: La Monoestrellada (The Single Star
Flag)
- Russia: Andreevsky (St. Andrew's, Russian
naval flag)
Андреевский
- South Africa
- Transvaal: Vierkleur (four colors)
- Voortrekkers: Kruisvlag (saltire flag)
- 1928 flag: Oranje-Blanje-Blou
- South Korea: Tae-Gheuk-Ghi (Tae= great, Gheuk =
extreme, Ghi=flag)
- Spain: Rojigualda (red-golden)
- Catalonia: Senyera (banner), Les Quatres
Barres (the four bars)
- Basque country: Ikurriña (Basque flag)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines: The Gems
- Switzerland: Federal Cross
- Taiwan: Blue Sky, White Sun, All Field Red
- Thailand: Trairanga (tricolor)
- Turkey: Ayyildiz (moon star)
- United Kingdom: Union Jack
- USA: Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, Betsy Ross