Meaning
Guam's flag features a red field with a blue vertical stripe on the left side, bearing a sling stone or latte stone in the center. The shape represents the distinctive stone pillars (latte stones) that were central to ancient Chamorro architecture and culture. The red represents the blood of those who fought for independence, while the blue represents the ocean surrounding this Pacific island territory.
People use this flag to represent Guam, a U.S. territory and strategic military location in the western Pacific. It appears in messages from Guamanians expressing cultural pride, discussing travel to the island, or identifying themselves in diaspora communities. The flag is also used when discussing Pacific Islander culture, U.S. territories, or geopolitical topics related to Asia-Pacific affairs. Military families stationed at Andersen Air Force Base or Apra Harbor often use it to signal their location or connection to the island.
Guam's flag is distinctive and instantly recognizable to those familiar with Pacific Island territories. The latte stone carries deep cultural significanceโrepresenting pre-colonial Chamorro civilization and the island's unique identity distinct from mainland America. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, this flag helps amplify the visibility of Pacific Islander communities in digital spaces.
Common Uses
- • Expressing Chamorro or Guamanian pride
- • Discussing Pacific Island culture
- • Marking military or family connections
- • Planning travel to the Pacific
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Did You Know?
The latte stones featured on Guam's flag are massive limestone and coral pillars that formed the foundations of ancient Chamorro structures, some dating back over 3,500 yearsโmaking them among the oldest architectural remains in the Pacific.
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Platform Shortcodes
:guam: :flag-gu: :guam: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇬🇺 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇬🇺 |
| CSS | \1F1EC\1F1FA |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDFA |
| Python | \U0001F1EC\U0001F1FA |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDFA |
| Perl | \x{1F1EC}\x{1F1FA} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1EC}\x{1F1FA} |
| Punycode | xn--2qcs-2qd6 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%BA |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAC 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBA |
๐ฌ๐บ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | เฆชเฆคเฆพเฆเฆพ: เฆเงเฆฏเฆผเฆพเฆฎ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | ๆ: ๅ ณๅฒ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | ๆๅญ๏ผ้ๅณถ |
| Danish | Guam |
| Dutch | vlag: Guam |
| English | flag: Guam |
| English (UK) | flag: Guam |
| Estonian | lipp: Guam |
| Finnish | lippu: Guam |
| French | drapeauโฏ: Guam |
| German | Flagge: Guam |
| Hindi | เคเคเคกเคพ: เคเฅเคเคฎ |
| Hungarian | zรกszlรณ: Guam |
| Italian | bandiera: Guam |
| Japanese | ๆ: ใฐใขใ |
| Korean | ๊น๋ฐ: ๊ด |
| Lithuanian | vฤliava: Guamas |
| Malay | bendera: Guam |
| Norwegian | flagg: Guam |
| Polish | flaga: Guam |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Guam |
| Russian | ัะปะฐะณ: ะัะฐะผ |
| Spanish | Bandera: Guam |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Guam |
| Swedish | flagga: Guam |
| Thai | เธเธ: เธเธงเธก |
| Ukrainian | ะฟัะฐะฟะพั: ะัะฐะผ |
| Vietnamese | cแป: Guam |