Green_flag Knowpia

A green flag has various meanings.

National flags edit

The Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was a plain green flag.^[1]
The Flag of Saudi Arabia has a field of green, which represents Islam.^[2]
Irish nationalism was traditionally represented with a green flag.^[3] 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.^[4]
The former Flag of Mauritania.^[5]
Various green-striped American flags flew during the Revolutionary War, with green representing the 'color of hope'.

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.^[6]
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.

^ "Flag of Libya | History, Design, Colors | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ "Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Flag". Saudi Flag Day. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ "National Flag". Never Such Innocence. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ "Ireland National Flag | Made in the UK". flagmakers.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ "Mauritania has a new flag". Quartz. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ "Benefits of Green Flag Award". www.greenflagaward.org. Retrieved 2023-10-26.