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Canton (flag), the Glossary

In vexillography, the canton is a rectangular emblem placed at the top left of a flag, usually occupying up to a quarter of a flag's area.^[1]

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Adjara

Adjara (აჭარა Ach’ara) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a), is a political-administrative region of Georgia.

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Amazonas (Brazilian state)

Amazonas is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the north-western corner of the country.

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Australian white ensign

The Australian white ensign (also known as the Australian naval ensign or the Royal Australian Navy ensign) is a naval ensign used by ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1967 onwards.

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Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee.

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Bahia

Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country.

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Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands (Illes Balears; Islas Baleares or) are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Bomi County

Bomi is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia.

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Bong County

Bong is a county in the north-central portion of the West African nation of Liberia.

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British ensign

In British maritime law and custom, an ensign is the identifying flag flown to designate a British ship, either military or civilian. Canton (flag) and British ensign are flags by design.

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Canton (heraldry)

In heraldry, a canton is a charge placed upon a shield.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Crux

Crux is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross.

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Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand

The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), signed by a number of Māori chiefs in 1835, proclaimed the sovereign independence of New Zealand prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.

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First Brazilian Republic

The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic (República Velha), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930.

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Flag of Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a region in the Caucasus that is under the effective control of the partially recognised self-declared Republic of Abkhazia.

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Flag of Australia

The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign—a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars).

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Flag of Brittany

The flag of Brittany (banniel Breiz; drapeau de la Bretagne), a region in the northwest of France, is called the Gwenn-ha-du, which means white and black, in Breton (French blanc et noir).

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Flag of Chile

The flag of Chile consists of two equal-height horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in the center.

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Flag of Fiji

The national flag of Fiji (Fijian: kuila ni Viti; Fiji Hindi: फिजी का झंडा) was adopted on 10 October 1970.

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Flag of France

The national flag of France (drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red.

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Flag of Georgia (country)

The flag of Georgia (tr), also known as the five-cross flag (tr), is one of the national symbols of Georgia.

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Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)

The flag of Georgia is the flag of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Flag of Greece

The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "turquoise and white one" (Γαλανόλευκη, Galanólefki) or the "azure and white" (Κυανόλευκη, Kyanólefki), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has 5 equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white.

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Flag of Hawaii

The flag of Hawaii (Ka Hae Hawaii) was first adopted in the early 19th century by the Hawaiian Kingdom and continued to be used after its overthrow in 1893.

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Flag of Liberia

The flag of Liberia or the Liberian flag, sometimes called the Lone Star (not to be confused with "The Lone Star State", a nickname for Texas), bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States, representing Liberia's founding by former black slaves from the United States and the Caribbean.

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Flag of Malacca

The Flag of Malacca is the flag of the Malaysian state of Malacca.

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Flag of Malaysia

The national flag of Malaysia, also known as the Stripes of Glory (Jalur Gemilang; Jawi), is composed of a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star).

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Flag of Mississippi

The flag of Mississippi consists of a white magnolia blossom surrounded by 21 stars and the words 'In God We Trust' written below, all put over a blue Canadian pale with two vertical gold borders on a red field.

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Flag of New Zealand

The flag of New Zealand, also known as the New Zealand Ensign, is based on the British maritime Blue Ensigna blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corneraugmented or defaced with four red stars centred within four white stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation.

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Flag of Samoa

The flag of Samoa (fu‘a o Sāmoa) was first adopted from 24 February 1949, for UN Trusteeships, and continuously applied for the state's independence on 1 January 1962.

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Flag of the Republic of China

The flag of the Republic of China, commonly called the flag of Taiwan, consists of a red field with a blue canton bearing a white disk surrounded by twelve triangles; said symbols symbolize the sun and rays of light emanating from it, respectively.

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Flag of the United States

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

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Flag of Togo

The flag of Togo (drapeau du Togo) is the national flag, ensign, and naval jack of Togo.

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Flag of Tonga

The flag of Tonga consists of a red field with a white canton charged with a red couped cross.

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Flag of Tuvalu

The current flag of Tuvalu was instated when the country became independent in 1978, after the separation from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1976.

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Flag of Uruguay

The national flag of Uruguay is one of the three official flags of Uruguay along with the flag of Artigas and the flag of the Treinta y Tres.

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Flags of the Confederate States of America

The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War.

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French colonial flags

Some of the colonies, protectorates and mandates of the French Colonial Empire used distinctive colonial flags.

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French Southern and Antarctic Lands

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF) is an overseas territory (Territoire d'outre-mer or TOM) of France.

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Gbarpolu County

Gbarpolu is a county in the northern portion of Liberia.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Glory (optical phenomenon)

A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that comprise mist or clouds.

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Goiás

Goiás is a Brazilian state located in the Midwest region.

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Grand Bassa County

Grand Bassa is a county in the west-central portion of the West African nation of Liberia.

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Grand Cape Mount County

Grand Cape Mount is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia.

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Grand Gedeh County

Grand Gedeh is a county in the eastern portion of the West African nation of Liberia.

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Grand Kru County

Grand Kru County is a county in the southeastern portion of Liberia.

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Guatemala Department

Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Hammer and sickle

The hammer and sickle (Unicode) is a communist symbol representing proletarian solidarity between agricultural and industrial workers.

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Johor

Johor (also spelled Johore or historically, Jahore) is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula.

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Korean National Association

The Korean National Association (Hanja: 大韓人國民會), also known as All Korea Korean National Association, was a political organization established on February 1, 1909, to fight Japan's colonial policies and occupation in Korea.

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Kuomintang

The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Lofa County

Lofa is a county in the northernmost portion of Liberia.

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Louisiana in the American Civil War

Louisiana was a dominant population center in the southwest of the Confederate States of America, controlling the wealthy trade center of New Orleans, and contributing the French Creole and Cajun populations to the demographic composition of a predominantly Anglo-American country.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.

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Maranhão

Maranhão is a state in Brazil.

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Margibi County

Margibi is a county on the north to central coast of Liberia.

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Maryland County

Maryland County is a county in the southeastern portion of Liberia.

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Mississippi in the American Civil War

Mississippi was the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States, doing so on January 9, 1861.

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Montserrado County

Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia.

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Mount Kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu (Dusun: Gayo Ngaran or Nulu Nabalu, Gunung Kinabalu) is the highest mountain in Borneo and Malaysia.

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Negeri Sembilan

Negeri Sembilan (Negeri Sembilan Malay: Nogori Sombilan, Nismilan), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New World

The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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Nimba County

Nimba County is a county in northeastern Liberia that shares borders with the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in the East and the Republic of Guinea in the Northwest.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje Vrijstaat; Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_(flag)

Also known as Union (flag).

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