Flag of Flevoland, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 12 relations: Azure (heraldry), Canting arms, Cornelis Lely, Fess, Flag, Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands, Fleur-de-lis, Flevoland, IJsselmeer, Polder, Pun, Rapeseed.

2. Culture of Flevoland
3. Flags introduced in 1986
4. Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands

Azure (heraldry)

In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours".

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Canting arms

Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name (or, less often, some attribute or function) in a visual pun or rebus.

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Cornelis Lely

Cornelis Lely (23 September 1854 – 22 January 1929) was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union (LU) and civil engineer.

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Fess

In heraldry, a fess or fesse (from Middle English, Old French, and Latin, "band") is a charge on a coat of arms (or flag) that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the centre of the shield.

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Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design.

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Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands

This list contains all twelve official flags of the provinces of the Netherlands, including the pennons.

See Flag of Flevoland and Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands

Fleur-de-lis

The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean and respectively).

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Flevoland

Flevoland is the twelfth and newest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity.

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IJsselmeer

The IJsselmeer (Iselmar, Iesselmeer), also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed-off inland bay in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland.

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Polder

A polder is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes.

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Pun

A pun, also known as a paranomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.

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Rapeseed

Rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus), also known as rape and oilseed rape, is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains appreciable amounts of erucic acid.

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See also

Culture of Flevoland

• 18th World Scout Jamboree
• Campzone
• Flag of Flevoland
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam
• Urkers dialect
• Waar wij steden doen verrijzen...

Flags introduced in 1986

• Flag of Billings, Montana
• Flag of Christmas Island
• Flag of Edmonton
• Flag of Flevoland
• Flag of Richmond, British Columbia
• Flag of South Holland
• Sámi flag

Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands

• Flag of Drenthe
• Flag of Flevoland
• Flag of Friesland
• Flag of Gelderland
• Flag of Groningen (province)
• Flag of Limburg (Netherlands)
• Flag of North Brabant
• Flag of North Holland
• Flag of Overijssel
• Flag of South Holland
• Flag of Utrecht (province)
• Flag of Zeeland
• Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Flevoland

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