🇬🇷 Flag: Greece emoji

The flag of Greece, the cradle of Western civilization and democracy. The flag features nine horizontal stripes alternating blue and white, with a blue square in the upper left corner containing a white cross. The blue represents the sea and sky, white symbolizes the purity of the struggle for independence, and the cross represents the Greek Orthodox faith.

Greece is known for its ancient civilization that gave birth to democracy, philosophy, and the Olympic Games, rich mythology, classical architecture including the Parthenon, beautiful Greek islands, Mediterranean cuisine, significant role in early Christianity, economic challenges in recent years, and cultural influence on Western civilization through art, philosophy, and political thought.

This emoji is used to represent Greece in discussions about ancient civilization, European affairs, Mediterranean culture, or when referencing Greek mythology, ancient philosophy, Olympic Games 🏟️ Stadium, Greek islands, classical architecture, and Greece's foundational role in Western democratic and philosophical traditions.

Could also be called Greek flag, Greece country flag or Hellenic flag emoji.

Other meanings

Ancient civilization, birthplace of democracy, Greek mythology, Olympic Games, Mediterranean culture

Example Usage

The ancient ruins of 🇬🇷 showcase the birthplace of democracy

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with nine horizontal stripes alternating blue and white, and a blue square with a white cross in the upper left corner.

⚠️ 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.