🇪🇬 Flag: Egypt emoji

The flag of Egypt, a transcontinental country spanning northeast Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in Asia. The flag features three horizontal stripes in red, white, and black, with the golden Eagle of Saladin in the center. Red represents the struggle against oppression, white symbolizes the bright future, and black represents the dark period of oppression that is now past.

Egypt is known for its ancient civilization with pyramids and pharaohs, the Nile River (longest river in the world), Suez Canal (crucial for global shipping), rich archaeological heritage, Islamic architecture, influential role in Arab world, cotton production, and cultural significance in Middle Eastern and African affairs. Cairo is a major cultural and political center in the region.

This emoji is used to represent Egypt in discussions about Middle Eastern affairs, ancient history, archaeological discoveries, Suez Canal, or when referencing Egyptian pyramids 🔺 Red triangle pointed up, pharaohs, the Nile River, Islamic heritage, and Egypt's central role in Arab and African politics.

Could also be called Egyptian flag, Egypt country flag or Arab Republic of Egypt flag emoji.

Other meanings

Ancient civilization, pyramids, Nile River, Suez Canal, Middle East, archaeological heritage

Example Usage

The ancient pyramids of 🇪🇬 continue to fascinate archaeologists

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with three equal horizontal stripes in red (top), white (middle), and black (bottom), with the golden Eagle of Saladin centered on the white stripe.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.

Flag emojis are often drawn as a "wavy rectangle" with flat vertical lines and curved horizontal lines representing a flag in the wind. Some emoji sets use standard rectangles, rectangles with curved corners or circles.