Green flag
Symbol with different meanings
title: "Green flag" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["green-flags", "types-of-flags"] description: "Symbol with different meanings" topic_path: "general/green-flags" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flag" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Symbol with different meanings ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Flag"]
| Field | Value |
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| Name | Green flag |
| Image | Green_flag_waving.svg |
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| Name = Green flag | Article = | Type = | Image = Green_flag_waving.svg | Use = | Adoption = | NamePrefix = A green flag has various meanings.
National flags
- The flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was a plain green flag.
- The flag of Saudi Arabia has a field of green, which represents Islam.
- Irish nationalism was traditionally represented with a green flag. The current flag of Ireland is a tricolour with green representing the Irish Catholics, orange representing the Irish Protestants, and white in the middle to represent peace.
- The former flag of Mauritania.
- Various green-striped American flags flew during the Revolutionary War, with green representing the 'color of hope'.
Other
- A green flag is part of a set of racing flags and indicates the beginning or resumption of an auto race.
- The actual flags flown in parks and gardens that have received the Green Flag Award. A green flag is also used in scratch.
- On rail transport in Great Britain and Ireland, green flags are sometimes used (less often than in the past) by railway guards as a signal to engine drivers that they can proceed.
- By analogy to the use of red flags as a warning symbol of negative traits, specifically in the context of dating and intimate relationships, a "green flag" is used to mean a sign of a positive trait in a person.
References
References
- "Flag of Libya {{!}} History, Design, Colors {{!}} Britannica".
- "Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Flag".
- "National Flag".
- "Ireland National Flag {{!}} Made in the UK".
- (2017-08-08). "Mauritania has a new flag".
- "Benefits of Green Flag Award".
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