Capital

Chișinău

Continent

Europe

Flag adopted

1990

Designer

Not individually credited

Moldova

Colors and meaning

• Blue #003DA5

  Hope, echoing Romania's own tricolor

• Yellow #FCD116

  Prosperity, and shared Romanian-language heritage

• Red #CC092F

  Courage

Symbolism and history

A blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor bears the national coat of arms, an eagle holding a cross and grasping an olive branch and scepter, at center, a design closely related to Romania's flag reflecting the two countries' shared Romanian linguistic and cultural heritage.

Closest-looking flags

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  Romania

  Nearly identical to Romania's blue-yellow-red tricolor, distinguished mainly by the eagle coat of arms at center.

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  Chad

  Nearly identical to Romania's blue-yellow-red tricolor, distinguished mainly by the eagle coat of arms at center.

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  Andorra

  Nearly identical to Romania's blue-yellow-red tricolor, distinguished mainly by the eagle coat of arms at center.

Further reading: Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia