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The Flag of Kiribati: the upper half is red with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the 3 groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island). The badge was designed by Sir Arthur Grimble in 1932 for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands British colony. File links The following pages link to this file: Flag Kiribati Freedom House Flag of Kiribati List of national flags Tabiteuea User:DanielZm/test2 Wikipedia:Stub and disambiguation message example Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Mens 100 metres Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Womens Marathon Kiribati... File links The following pages link to this file: Flag Kiribati Freedom House Flag of Kiribati List of national flags Tabiteuea User:DanielZm/test2 Wikipedia:Stub and disambiguation message example Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Mens 100 metres Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Womens Marathon Kiribati... FIAV usage code 63. ... A flag is a piece of cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually intended for signaling or identification. ... Species There are five species in the order Fregatatidae, the frigatebirds. ... Gilbertese or Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese, a mixture of both) is a language from the Austronesian family, part of the Oceanian branch and of the Nuclear Micronesian subbranch. ... Ocean (from Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek ωκεανός) covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth. ... Sir Arthur Francis Grimble [1888-1956], British Civil Servant and writer. ... The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 — until 1 January 1976 when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after. ...