| Flag |
Dates used |
Latin text |
English translation |
 Aguascalientes |
?–present |
1. BONA TERRA, BONA GENS
2. AQUA CLARA, CLARUS CŒLUM |
1. GOOD EARTH, GOOD PEOPLE
2. CLEAR WATER, CLEAR SKY |
 Alabama (reverse)[1] |
1861–65 |
NOLI ME TANGERE |
TOUCH ME NOT |
 Alabama (Governor) |
1939–present |
AUDEMUS JURA NOSTRA DEFENDERE |
WE DARE DEFEND OUR RIGHTS |
 Alajuela Province[1] |
?–present |
POR [sic] PATRIA NOSTRA SANGUIS NOSTEA |
FOR OUR COUNTRY OUR BLOOD |
 Alamance County, North Carolina[1] |
?–present |
PRO BONO PUBLICO |
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD |
 Albania |
1939–43 |
FERT FERT FERT |
disputed; see FERT |
 Gmina Andrzejewo |
2009–present |
AC
[abbreviation of "Andreas Circius"] |
AK
[abbreviation of "Andrzej Krzycki"] |
 Annapolis, Maryland |
?–present |
VIXI LIBER ET MORIAR |
I HAVE LIVED AND I SHALL DIE FREE |
 Andalusia[1] |
1918–present |
DOMINATOR HERCULES FUNDATOR |
HERCULES RULER AND FOUNDER |
 Andorra |
1971–present |
VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR |
VIRTUE UNITED IS STRONGER |
 Arad, Romania |
1990–present |
VIA VERITAS VITA |
THE WAY THE TRUTH THE LIFE |
 Atlanta[1] |
?–present |
RESURGENS |
RISING |
 Augusta County, Virginia[1] |
?–present |
REDEANT IN AURUM SECULA PRISCUM |
LET US RETURN TO THAT FIRST GOLDEN AGE |
 Badajoz[1] |
?–present |
PLVS VLTRA |
FURTHER BEYOND |
 Badajoz Province |
?–present |
 Bahamas |
1869–1964[2] |
1. EXPULSIS PIRATIS
2. RESTITUTA COMMERCIA |
1. PIRATES EXPELLED
2. COMMERCE RESTORED |
 Beirut[1] |
?–present |
BERYTUS NUTRIX LEGUM |
BEIRUT MOTHER OF LAWS |
 Belize |
1981–present |
SUB UMBRA FLOREO |
I FLOURISH IN THE SHADE |
 Bergen |
?–present |
SIGILLVM COMMVNITATIS DE CIVITATE BERGENSI |
SEAL OF THE TOWN COMMUNITY OF BERGEN |
 Borgo Maggiore[1] |
?–present |
LIBERTAS |
LIBERTY |
 Boston |
1917–present |
1. SICUT PATRIBUS SIT DEUS NOBIS
2. BOSTONIA
3. CONDITA AD 1630
4. CIVITATIS REGIMINE DONATA AD 1822 |
1. AS GOD WAS WITH OUR FATHERS SO MAY HE BE WITH US
2. BOSTON
3. FOUNDED AD 1630
4. CITY GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED AD 1822 |
 Bridgeport, Connecticut[1] |
?–present |
INDUSTRIA CRESCIMUS |
BY INDUSTRY WE THRIVE |
 British Empire (unofficial) |
1910–45 |
EX UNITATE VIRES |
UNION IS STRENGTH |
 British Guiana |
1906–66[2] |
DAMUS PETIMUSQUE VICISSIM |
WE GIVE AND EXPECT IN RETURN |
 British Virgin Islands |
1960–present |
VIGILATE |
BE WATCHFUL |
 British Virgin Islands (Civil Ensign) |
1960–present |
 British Virgin Islands (Governor) |
1960–present |
 British Windward Islands[1] |
1886–1953[2] |
I PEDE FAUSTO |
GO WITH A LUCKY FOOT |
 British Windward Islands (Governor-in-chief)[1] |
1886–1960[2] |
 The Bronx |
1912–present |
NE CEDE MALIS |
YIELD NOT TO EVIL |
 Cádiz Province[1] |
?–present |
1. HERCVLES FVNDATOR GADIUM DOMINATORQVE
2. PLVS VLTRA |
1. HERCULES FOUNDER AND RULER OF CÁDIZ
2. FURTHER BEYOND |
 California (Governor) |
?–present |
EUREKA |
I HAVE FOUND IT |
 Cape Colony |
1876–1910 |
SPES BONA |
GOOD HOPE |
 Caroline County, Maryland[1] |
?–present |
TERRA DULCIS VIVENDUM |
LAND OF PLEASANT LIVING |
 Chile (Patria Vieja) |
1812–14 |
1. POST TENEBRAS LUX
2. AUT CONSILIO [sic] AUT ENSE |
1. LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS
2. EITHER BY MEETING OR BY THE SWORD |
 Cincinnati |
1896–present |
JUNCTA JUVANT |
UNITY ASSISTS |
 Colorado[1] |
1907–11 |
NIL SINE NUMINE |
NOTHING WITHOUT PROVIDENCE |
 Connecticut |
1897–present |
QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET |
HE WHO TRANSPLANTED STILL SUSTAINS |
 Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (President) |
1990–92 |
VERITAS VINCIT |
TRUTH PREVAILS |
 Detroit |
1948–present[2] |
1. SPERAMUS MELIORA
2. RESURGET CINERIBUS |
1. WE HOPE FOR BETTER THINGS
2. IT WILL RISE FROM THE ASHES |
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux[1] |
?–present |
VIRIBUS UNITAS |
UNITED FORCE |
 Drogheda |
?–present |
Deus praesidium mercatura decus |
God our strength, merchandise our glory |
 Extremadura |
1983–present |
PLVS VLTRA |
FURTHER BEYOND |
 Fairfax County, Virginia[1] |
?–present |
FARE FAC |
FAIRFAX |
 Flores Department[1] |
?–present |
LABOR IMPROBA OMNIA VINCIT |
STEADY WORK OVERCAME ALL THINGS |
 Gabon (President)[1] |
1963–present |
UNITI PROGREDIEMUR |
WE SHALL GO FORWARD UNITED |
 Gibraltar (civil ensign) |
1996–present |
MONTIS INSIGNIA CALPE |
BADGE OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR |
 Gibraltar (government ensign) |
1875–present[2] |
 Gibraltar (governor) |
1837–1982[2] |
 Gipuzkoa |
?–present |
FIDELISSIMA BARDULIA NUMQUAM SUPERATA |
NOBLE BARDULIA NEVER CONQUERED |
 Gran Colombia |
1820–21 |
VIXIT ET VINCET AMORE PATRIAE |
|
 Grenada |
1875–1903 |
HAE TIBI ERUNT ARTES |
THESE SHALL BE YOUR ARTS |
 Grenada |
1903–67 |
CLARIOR E TENEBIS |
LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS |
 Guatemala (state flag) |
1858–71 |
1. GUATIMALÆ RESPUBLICA
2. PROTECTIONE SUB D.O.M.
[abbreviation of "Deus Optimus Maximus"] |
1. REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA
2. UNDER THE PROTECTION OF ALMIGHTY GOD |
 Kingdom of Haiti |
1811–20 |
EX CINERVBVS NASCITVR |
THE EMPIRE SHALL RISE FROM ITS ASHES |
 Huelva Province |
?–present |
PROTUS MARIS ET TERRE CUSTODIA |
PROTECTOR OF SEAPORTS AND LAND |
 Huelva |
?–present |
 Huesca Province |
?–present |
V.V. OSCA
[abbreviation of "VRBS VICTRIX OSCA] |
HUESCA |
 Huesca |
?–present |
 Idaho[1] |
1897–present |
ESTO PERPETUA |
LET IT BE ETERNAL |
 Iquitos[1] |
?–present |
CARPENT TUA POMA NEPOTES |
YOUR CHILDREN WILL HARVEST YOUR FRUITS |
 Jamaica |
1906–62[2] |
INDVS VTERQVE SERVIET VNI |
BOTH INDIES SHALL SERVE AS ONE |
 Jamaica |
1906–62[2] |
 Kansas[1] |
1961–present |
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA |
TO THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES |
 Kansas (Governor)[1] |
1961–present |
 Kosovo (President) |
1992–2007 |
DARDANIA |
DARDANIA |
 Lancaster, Pennsylvania[1] |
?–present |
Lan-castra, Britannia |
Lancaster, Britain |
 Lazio[1] |
?–present |
S P Q S
[abbreviation of "Senatus Populusqus Sabinus"] |
[abbreviation of "The Senate and the Sabine People"] |
 Lima |
?–present |
1. I K
[abbreviation of "Ioanna" and "Karolus"]
2. HOC SIGNUM VERE REGUM EST |
1. J C
[abbreviation of "Joanna" and "Charles"]
2. THIS IS THE REAL SIGN OF THE KINGS |
 Maine[1] |
1909–present |
DIRIGO |
I LEAD |
 Malabo |
Until 1968[3] |
1. FIDES
2. BIAFRA |
1. FAITH
2. BIAFRA |
| Marondera |
?–present |
FLOREAT MARONDERA |
LET MARONDERA FLOURISH |
 Massachusetts |
1971–present |
ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SVB LIBERATE QVIETEM |
BY THE SWORD WE SEEK PEACE BUT PEACE ONLY UNDER LIBERTY |
 Massachusetts (Governor) |
1971–present |
 Mauritius |
1869–1968[2] |
STELLA CLAVISQUE MARIS INDICI |
STAR AND KEY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN |
 Mauritius (civil ensign) |
1968–present |
 Mauritius (state ensign) |
1968–present |
 Mauritius (President)[1] |
1968–present |
 Melilla |
?–present |
1. PRÆFERRE PATRIAM LIBERIS PARENTEM DECET
2. NON PLVS VLTRA |
1. IT IS SEEMLY FOR A PARENT TO PUT HIS FATHERLAND BEFORE HIS CHILDREN
2. NOTHING FARTHER BEYOND |
 Michigan |
1911–present |
1. E PLURIBUS UNUM
2. TUEBOR
3. SI QUÆRIS PENINSULAM AMŒNAM CIRCUMSPICE |
1. OUT OF MANY, ONE
2. I WILL DEFEND
3. IF YOU SEEK A PLEASANT PENINSULA LOOK AROUND YOU |
 Michigan (Governor) |
1911–present |
 Missouri[1] |
1913 |
1. SALUS POPULI SUPREME LEX ESTO
2. MDCCCXX |
1. LET THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE BE THE SUPREME LAW
2. 1820 |
 Newfoundland |
1870–1904 |
1. TERRA NOVA |
1. NEW LAND |
 Newfoundland (civil ensign) |
1870–1931 |
1. TERRA NOVA
2. HÆC TIBI DONA FERO |
1. NEW LAND
2. THESE GIFTS I BRING THEE |
 Newfoundland |
1907–31 |
 New York |
1788–present[2] |
EXCELSIOR |
HIGHER [or EVER UPWARD] |
 New York (Governor) |
?–present |
 New York City[1] |
1977–present |
SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI |
SEAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK |
 Nuevo León[1] |
?–present |
SEMPER ASCENDENS |
ALWAYS ASCENDING |
 North Dakota[1] |
1943–present |
E PLURIBUS UNUM |
OUT OF MANY, ONE |
 Olomouc Region |
?–present |
S P Q O
[abbreviation of "Senatus Populusqus Olomucium"] |
[abbreviation of "The Senate and the Olomouc People"] |
 Oslo[1] |
?–present |
UNANIMETER ET CONSTANTER |
UNITED AND CONSTANT |
 Osorno, Chile |
?–present |
1. PRO PATRIA NEC ASPERA TERRENT
2. FIDE ET AMORE |
1. FOR COUNTRY FRIGHTENED BY NO DIFFICULTIES
2. FAITH AND LOVE |
 Palencia Province[1] |
?–present |
AVE MARIA |
HAIL MARY |
 Philadelphia |
1874–present |
PHILADELPHIA MANETO |
LET BROTHERLY LOVE ENDURE |
 Prince George's County, Maryland[1] |
1963–present[2] |
SEMPER EADEM |
ALWAYS THE SAME |
 Puerto Rico (Governor) |
?–present |
JOANNES EST NOMEN EJVS |
JOHN IS HIS NAME |
 Rhodesia |
1968–79 |
SIT NOMINE DIGNA |
MAY SHE BE WORTHY OF THE NAME |
 Rhodesia (President) |
1968–79 |
 Rio de Janeiro[1] |
?–present |
RECTE REM PUBLICAM GERERE |
CONDUCT THE AFFAIRS OF THE PUBLIC WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS |
 Recife |
?–present |
VIRTUS ET FIDES |
STRENGTH AND COURAGE |
 Roman Republic (military flag) |
1849 |
GUARDIA CIVICA ROMANA |
GUARD OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC |
| Saint-Lambert, Quebec[1] |
?–present |
Maximus in minimis |
The greatest in the smallest detail |
 Saint Vincent |
1979–85[2] |
PAX ET JUSITITIA |
PEACE AND JUSTICE |
 Saint Vincent |
1907–79 |
 Samogitia |
?–present |
PATRIA UNA |
ONE NATION |
 San Diego[1] |
1934–present |
SEMPER VIGILANS |
EVER VIGILANT |
 San Marino |
1465–present[2] |
LIBERTAS |
LIBERTY |
 City of San Marino[1] |
?–present |
 São Paulo |
?–present |
NON DVCOR DVCO |
I AM NOT LED I LEAD |
 Gmina Secemin |
?–present |
IN PRINCIPIO |
IN THE BEGINNING |
 Seychelles[1] |
1903–76[2] |
FINIT CORONAT OPVS |
THE END CROWNS THE WORK |
 Seychelles (Governor)[1] |
1903–76[2] |
 Seychelles (President) |
1977–present[2] |
 Shanghai International Settlement[1] |
c. 1917 – 1943 |
OMNIA JUNCTA IN UNO |
ALL JOINED IN ONE |
 Sierra Leone |
1916–61 |
AUSPICE BRITTANIA LIBER |
FREE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF BRITAIN |
 Sint Maarten |
1985–present |
SEMPER PRO GREDIENS |
ALWAYS PROGRESSING |
 Soacha[1] |
?–present |
SOL OMNIBUS LUCET |
THE SUN SHINES ON ALL |
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
1985–present[2] |
LEO TERRAM PROPRIAM PROTEGAT |
LET THE LION PROTECT HIS OWN LAND |
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Commissioner) |
1999–present |
 Spain |
1981–present |
PLVS VLTRA |
FURTHER BEYOND |
 Spain[1] |
1939–81[2] |
 Spain |
1931–39 |
 Spain (President)[1] |
1931–36 |
 Spain (President)[1] |
1936–39 |
 Municipality of Štip[1] |
?–present |
АСТІВО |
ACTIBO
[Latin place name for the Štip region] |
 Subotica |
?–present |
SIGILLUM LIBERÆ ET REGIÆ CIVITATIS MARIA THERESIOPOLIS |
SEAL OF THE FREE AND ROYAL CITY OF MARIA THERESIOPOLIS |
 Suriname (President) |
1975–present |
JUSTICIA PIETAS FIDES |
JUSTICE PIETY TRUST |
 Suriname (Prime Minister) |
1975–88 |
 Swaziland (royal standard) |
1986–present |
MIIIR
[abbreviation of "Mswati III Rex"] |
MIIIK
[abbreviation of "Mswati III King"] |
 Tangier International Zone[1] |
1923–56 |
TINGIS |
TANGIER |
 Tlaxcala[1] |
?–present |
K
[abbreviation of "Karolus"] |
C
[abbreviation of "Charles"] |
 Toledo Province |
?–present |
PLVS VLTRA |
FURTHER BEYOND |
 Tongatapu |
1858–62 |
A M
[abbreviation of "Ave Maria"] |
H M
[abbreviation of "Hail Mary"] |
 Trinidad |
1889–1962[2] |
MISCERIQUE PROBAT POPULOS ET FŒDERA JUNGI |
SHE IS CONTENT TO MAKE TREATIES AND UNITE PEOPLES |
 Trujillo, Peru |
?–present |
K
[abbreviation of "Karolus"] |
C
[abbreviation of "Charles"] |
 Gmina Tuczępy |
?–present |
ECCE AGNUS DEI |
BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD |
 Tumbes, Peru[1] |
?–present |
KAROLI CESARIS AVSPITIO ET LABORE INGENIO AC IMPENSA DUCIS PIZARRO INVENTA ET PACATA |
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF EMPEROR CHARLES CAPTAIN PIZARRO USED HIS LABOUR AND TALENT TO DISCOVER AND PACIFY |
 United States (President) |
1882–present[2] |
E PLURIBUS UNUM |
OUT OF MANY, ONE |
 United States (Vice President) |
1915–present[2] |
 Kingdom of Uvea |
1842–60 |
A M
[abbreviation of "Ave Maria"] |
H M
[abbreviation of "Hail Mary"] |
 Republic of Venice |
?–1797 |
PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEUS[4] |
PEACE TO YOU MARK MY EVANGELIST |
 Veneto |
1975–present |
 Italy (civil ensign) |
1947–present |
 Virginia[1] |
1861–present[2] |
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS |
THUS ALWAYS TO TYRANTS |
| West Vancouver |
?–present |
CONSILIO ET ANIMIS |
BY WISDOM AND COURAGE |
 West Virginia[1] |
1929–present |
MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI |
MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE |
 Winnipeg[1] |
1975–present |
UNUM CUM VIRTUTE MULTORUM |
ONE WITH THE STRENGTH OF MANY |
 Zacatecas |
?–present |
LABOR VINCIT OMNIA |
WORK CONQUERS ALL |
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