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Aruba's national flag ( ) was adopted on March 18, 1976. The design consists of a field of light blue (called "Larkspur" or "U.N. blue"), two narrow parallel horizontal yellow ("Bunting Yellow") stripes in the bottom half, and a four-pointed white-fimbriated red ("Union Jack red") star in the canton. Image File history File links Flag_of_Aruba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Aruba. ... Image File history File links FIAV_110000. ... Image File history File links FIAV_110000. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Species Delphinium glaucum Delphinium consolida Delphinium bakeri Others Larkspur (Delphinium glaucum) is a tall (4 to 6 foot high), robust plant. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... In heraldry and vexillology, fimbriation refers to small strips of colour (technically called tincture in this sense in heraldry) placed around common charges or ordinaries, usually in order for them to stand out from the background, but perhaps just because the designer felt it looked better, or for a more... Flag Ratio: 1:2 Union Jack is the commonly used name for the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ...

The design elements have multiple symbolic meanings:

• The blue field represents the sky, the sea, peace, hope, Aruba's future and its ties to the past.
• The two narrow stripes "suggest the movement toward status aparte". One represents "the flow of tourists to sun-drenched Aruba, enriching the island as well as vacationers", the other "industry, all the minerals (gold and phosphates in the past, petroleum in the early 20th century)".[1] In addition to sun, gold, and abundance, the yellow is also said to represent wanglo flowers.
• The star has particularly complex symbolism.
  • It is vexillologically unusual in having four points, representing the four cardinal directions. These refer in turn to the many countries of origin of the people of Aruba. They also represent the four main languages of Aruba: Spanish, Papiamento, Dutch and English.
  • The star also represents the island itself: a land of often red soil bordered by white beaches in a blue sea.
  • The red also represents blood shed by Arubans during war, past Indian inhabitants, patriotic love, and Brazil wood.
  • The white also represents purity and honesty.

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External links

• Aruban Flag on government website www.aruba.com
• How Aruba's Flag Was Chosen by Sarah Bollinger
• Aruba at Flags of the World

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