Lista Dei (Nicknames)
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Lista dei (nicknames) Belgio - Driekleur, Tricolore o Flanders: De Vlaamse Leeuw o Wallonia: Le Coq Hardi Brasile: auriverde Canada: o Maple Leaf Flag o Unifolié (French) o Quebec: Fleurdelysé Cina: Five Stars Red Flag o Older Chinese flag nicknames o National Flag pre-1912: Dragon Flag o National Flag 1912-1928: Five Coloured Flag o Army Flag 1912-1928: 18 Stars Flag o Tibet: Snow Mountain and Lions Flag Colombia: tricolor o Colombian subdivisions o Cartagena: cuadrilonga o Barranquilla: cuadrilonga Croazia: Trobojnica (tricolor), Crven-Bijeli-Plavi (red white blue), Barjak (flag); the chequy shield: S'ahovnica (chessboard) Cuba: La Estrella Solitaria (the lonely star) Danimarca: Dannebrog Finlandia: Siniristilippu (flag with a blue cross) Francia: Tricolore o Bretagne: Gwenn Ha Du (white and black) Faroer Islands Merkið Germania: Schwarz-Rot- Giappone: Hinomaru (sun disc flag) o Naval ensign: Rising Sun Flag Olanda: Princenvlag, Oranje-Blanje-Bleu (orange white blue) o States-General flag of the Republic of United Netherlands: Statenvlag, Generaliteitsvlag Frisia del nord: Göljn-Rüuuml; Gold (black red gold) o Bavaria: Rautenflagge (Lozenges flag) o Bremen: Speckflagge o Third Reich: Hakenreuzflagge (swastika flag) o Weimar Republic: Schwarz-Rot-Mostrich (Black-Red-Mustard [derogatory nickname used by anti-democratic groups]) Germania dell’est - Spalterflagge (derogatory term) Grecia: Galanolefki (the blue-and-white) Guyana: Golden Arrow Indonesia: Sang Saka (Lofty Bicolor, off.), Merah Putih (red white) Italia: Tricolore (tricolor) Norwegia o Sweden and Norway (1844): Herring Salad (union of the flag) Polonia: bialo-czerwona (white-red) Pirati: Jolly Roger Portogallo: Verde E Rubra, Verde-Rubra (green and red) Porto Rico: La Monoestrellada (The Single Star Flag) Russia: Andreevsky (St. Andrew's, Russian naval flag) Андреевский South Africa o Transvaal: Vierkleur (four colors) o Voortrekkers: Kruisvlag (saltire flag) o 1928 flag: Oranje-Blanje-Blou Sud Corea: Tae-Gheuk-Ghi (Tae= great, Gheuk = extreme, Ghi=flag) Spagna: Rojigualda (red-golden) o Catalonia: Senyera (banner), Les Quatres Barres (the four bars) o Basque country: Ikurriña (Basque flag) St. Vincente e Grenadine: The Gems Svizzera: Federal Cross Taiwan: Blue Sky, White Sun, All Field Red Tailandia: Trairanga (tricolor) Turchia: Ayyildiz (moon star) o al sancak (red banner) United Kingdom: Union Jack o British Merchant Navy: Red Duster o British Royal Navy: White Duster o Wales: Ddraig Goch (red dragon) USA: Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, Betsy Ross o California: Bear Flag o Confederate: Stainless Banner, Stars and Bars, Southern Cross, Flag of the South o Texas: Lone Star . 1836-1839: Bonnie Blue Flag o First US flag with Union Jack in canton: Continental Colors, Grand Union .