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🇬🇧 Flag: United Kingdom
Also known as: UK Flag, Union Flag, Union Jack
Unicode: U+1F1EC, U+1F1E7
Description
The flag for the United Kingdom, which may show as the letters GB on some platforms. England, Scotland and Wales also have individual emoji flags.
Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :flag_united_kingdom: | |
| GitHub | :gb: | |
| GitHub | :uk: | |
| Slack | :gb: | |
| Slack | :uk: | |
| Slack | :flag-gb: | |
| Discord | :flag_gb: |
Additional Information
Definition:
The flag for the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which may show as the letters GB on some platforms. The emoji flag list is based on ISO 31 http://emojipedia.org/flag-for-united-kingdom/
Adjectives:
- British; related to the United Kingdom.
- Briton; British.
- Of Britain (meaning the British Isles)
- Of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
- Of or relating to Great Britain, Brits, or the British English language.
- From or in the countryside or connected with it.
- Of, from or pertaining to the countryside (adjective).
Verbs:
- Travel through the air; be airborne
- To cause to travel through the air.
- To cause to fly : to transport via air or the like.
- To move autonomously through the air, without any part of the object or object's enclosure touching anything attached to the ground.
- To fly.
- To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
- To move or swing back and forth.
- To move a weapon.
- Move or swing back and forth
- To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
Nouns:
- A country in Western Europe (comprising Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland) with the capital London.
- An island lying off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom.
- A kingdom and sovereign state in Europe comprising the four countries of England, Scotland and Wales in the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland in the island of Ireland. Official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Abbreviation: UK.
- Similar to the term Anglo-American
- The United Kingdom; the British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire.
- A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
- Sovereign state in Europe
- The official name of the United Kingdom (1927-present).
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign state in Europe.
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- The United Kingdom.
- Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design