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Field Listing :: National symbol(s) |
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A national symbol is a faunal, floral, or other abstract representation - or some distinctive object - that over time has come to be closely identified with a country or entity. Not all countries have national symbols; a few countries have more than one. |
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Algeria
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star and crescent; fennec fox
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Angola
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Palanca Negra Gigante (giant black sable antelope)
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Argentina
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Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol)
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Australia
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Southern Cross constellation (five, seven-pointed stars); kangaroo; emu
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Belarus
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mounted knight known as Pahonia (the Chaser)
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Belize
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Baird's tapir (a large, browsing, forest-dwelling mammal); keel-billed toucan
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Bhutan
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thunder dragon known as Druk
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Brazil
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Southern Cross constellation
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Burma
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chinthe (mythical lion)
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Cambodia
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Angkor Wat temple; kouprey (wild ox)
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Chad
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goat (north); lion (south)
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Chile
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huemul (mountain deer); Andean condor
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Cyprus
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Cypriot mouflon (wild sheep); white dove
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France
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Gallic rooster and Marianne
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Ghana
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black star; golden eagle
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Greece
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Greek cross (white cross on blue field; arms equal length)
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Guyana
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Canje pheasant (hoatzin); jaguar
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Haiti
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Hispaniolan trogon (bird)
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Honduras
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scarlet macaw; white-tailed deer
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Hungary
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Holy Crown of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen); turul (falcon)
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India
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the Lion Capital of Ashoka, which depicts four Asiatic lions standing back to back mounted on a circular abacus, is the official emblem; the Bengal tiger is the national animal
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Italy
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white, five-pointed star (Stella d'Italia)
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Jamaica
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green-and-black streamertail (bird)
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Japan
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red sun disc; chrysanthemum
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Libya
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star and crescent; hawk
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Lithuania
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mounted knight known as Vytis (the Chaser)
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Moldova
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aurochs (a type of wild cattle)
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Nepal
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rhododendron blossom
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New Zealand
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Southern Cross constellation (four, five-pointed stars); kiwi (bird)
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Oman
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Khanjar dagger superimposed on two crossed swords
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Peru
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vicuna (a camelid related to the llama)
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Portugal
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armillary sphere (a spherical astrolabe modeling objects in the sky)
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Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rican spindalis (bird); coqui (frog)
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Russia
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bear; double-headed eagle
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Saint Lucia
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twin pitons (volcanic peaks); Saint Lucia parrot
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Samoa
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Southern Cross constellation (five, five-pointed stars)
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Singapore
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lion, merlion (mythical half lion-half fish creature)
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Slovakia
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double-barred cross (Cross of St. Cyril and St. Methodius) surmounting three peaks
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Spain
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Pillars of Hercules
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Switzerland
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Swiss cross (white cross on red field; arms equal length)
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Taiwan
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white, 12-rayed sun on blue field
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Tajikistan
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crown surmounted by seven, five-pointed stars
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Thailand
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garuda (mythical half-man, half-bird figure); elephant
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Tokelau
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tuluma (fishing tackle box)
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Tonga
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red cross on white field; arms equal length
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Tunisia
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encircled red star and crescent
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United Kingdom
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lion (Britain in general); lion (England); lion, unicorn (Scotland); dragon (Wales); harp (Northern Ireland)
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Uruguay
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Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol)
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Vietnam
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yellow, five-pointed star on red field
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Wallis and Futuna
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red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field
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Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe bird symbol; African fish eagle
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