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- Capital
- Nicosia
- Continent
- Europe
- Flag adopted
- 1960
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Cyprus
Colors and meaning
Copper orange #D57800
The island's ancient copper deposits, from which Cyprus takes its name
White #FFFFFF
Peace between the island's Greek and Turkish communities
Symbolism and history
A copper-colored silhouette map of the island sits above two olive branches on a white field, adopted at independence in 1960 with colors deliberately chosen to avoid the blue and red associated with Greece and Turkey respectively.
No documented visual overlap
Cyprus’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Europe, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Cyprus on Wikipedia