Meaning
Bosnia and Herzegovina's flag features a striking blue background with a yellow triangle pointing upward, complemented by white stars arranged along the top and right edges. The yellow triangle represents the country's three main ethnic groups, while the infinite stars symbolize eternal hope and unity. It's a modern design adopted in 1998, representing the nation's fresh start after the 1990s conflicts.
People use this flag when discussing Bosnia and Herzegovina, a Balkan nation with rich cultural heritage spanning Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and indigenous influences. You'll see it in travel content about exploring Sarajevo, Mostar's iconic bridge, and exploring diverse historical sites. The flag appears in cultural discussions celebrating Bosnian music, cuisine, and literature, as well as in historical contexts referencing the nation's complex past.
Beyond tourism, the flag represents Bosnian national identity and pride, particularly among diaspora communities scattered globally. It shows up in sports contexts and news coverage of Balkan regional affairs. The design itself carries significance as a symbol of reconciliation and moving forward after regional conflict.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, the Bosnia and Herzegovina flag represents one of the Balkan nations now available as a digital geographic marker across all platforms.
Common Uses
- • Discussing Bosnia and Herzegovina travel and landmarks
- • Expressing Bosnian cultural pride and heritage
- • Referencing Balkan history and regional culture
- • Tagging posts about diverse European destinations
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Did You Know?
Bosnia and Herzegovina's flag is one of the few national flags with an asymmetrical design, with the yellow stars deliberately extending beyond the triangle to suggest infinity and hope.
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Platform Shortcodes
:bosnia_herzegovina: :flag-ba: :bosnia_herzegovina: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇧🇦 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇧🇦 |
| CSS | \1F1E7\1F1E6 |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDE6 |
| Python | \U0001F1E7\U0001F1E6 |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDE6 |
| Perl | \x{1F1E7}\x{1F1E6} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1E7}\x{1F1E6} |
| Punycode | xn--2qcn-2qcm |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%A6 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA7 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA6 |
🇧🇦 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: বসনিয়া ও হার্জেগোভিনা |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納 |
| Danish | Bosnien-Hercegovina |
| Dutch | vlag: Bosnië en Herzegovina |
| English | flag: Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| English (UK) | flag: Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Estonian | lipp: Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina |
| Finnish | lippu: Bosnia ja Hertsegovina |
| French | drapeau : Bosnie-Herzégovine |
| German | Flagge: Bosnien und Herzegowina |
| Hindi | झंडा: बोस्निया और हर्ज़ेगोविना |
| Hungarian | zászló: Bosznia-Hercegovina |
| Italian | bandiera: Bosnia ed Erzegovina |
| Japanese | 旗: ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ |
| Korean | 깃발: 보스니아 헤르체고비나 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Bosnija ir Hercegovina |
| Malay | bendera: Bosnia dan Herzegovina |
| Norwegian | flagg: Bosnia-Hercegovina |
| Polish | flaga: Bośnia i Hercegowina |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Bósnia e Herzegovina |
| Russian | флаг: Босния и Герцеговина |
| Spanish | Bandera: Bosnia y Herzegovina |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Bosnia y Herzegovina |
| Swedish | flagga: Bosnien och Hercegovina |
| Thai | ธง: บอสเนียและเฮอร์เซโกวีนา |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Боснія і Герцеговина |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Bosnia và Herzegovina |