Meaning
Oman's flag consists of three horizontal stripes—white on top, red on the bottom, and green on the right side. A red band with the Omani national emblem in white occupies the hoist side. The colors carry deep meaning: white represents peace and prosperity, red symbolizes the nation's battles for independence, and green represents the Ibadi Islamic heritage. The emblem features a traditional khanjar (curved dagger) over crossed swords.
This flag appears when discussing Oman, the Arabian Peninsula, Middle Eastern culture, or Middle Eastern politics and trade. People use it when sharing travel experiences from Oman, which is increasingly popular for tourism due to its Musandam Peninsula, wadis, and historic coastal cities like Muscat and Sur. It also features in conversations about Arabian heritage, Islamic culture, and incense history—Oman is famous for frankincense.
The flag represents Omani national pride, Arabian identity, and the nation's rich maritime and trading history. It's less common in everyday casual messaging but significant for those with Omani heritage or interest in the region.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, Oman's distinctive flag became standardized across digital platforms.
Common Uses
- • Discussing Oman and Arabian travel
- • Expressing Omani heritage and pride
- • Referencing Middle Eastern culture and history
- • Chatting about Muscat and coastal tourism
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Did You Know?
Oman's flag is the only national flag in the world that features a country's coat of arms on the hoist side, making its design particularly unique and meaningful to Omani national identity.
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Platform Shortcodes
:oman: :flag-om: :oman: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇴🇲 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇴🇲 |
| CSS | \1F1F4\1F1F2 |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDF4\uD83C\uDDF2 |
| Python | \U0001F1F4\U0001F1F2 |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDF4\uD83C\uDDF2 |
| Perl | \x{1F1F4}\x{1F1F2} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1F4}\x{1F1F2} |
| Punycode | xn--2qd0-2qcy |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%B4%F0%9F%87%B2 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB4 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2 |
🇴🇲 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: ওমান |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 阿曼 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:阿曼 |
| Danish | Oman |
| Dutch | vlag: Oman |
| English | flag: Oman |
| English (UK) | flag: Oman |
| Estonian | lipp: Omaan |
| Finnish | lippu: Oman |
| French | drapeau : Oman |
| German | Flagge: Oman |
| Hindi | झंडा: ओमान |
| Hungarian | zászló: Omán |
| Italian | bandiera: Oman |
| Japanese | 旗: オマーン |
| Korean | 깃발: 오만 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Omanas |
| Malay | bendera: Oman |
| Norwegian | flagg: Oman |
| Polish | flaga: Oman |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Omã |
| Russian | флаг: Оман |
| Spanish | Bandera: Omán |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Omán |
| Swedish | flagga: Oman |
| Thai | ธง: โอมาน |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Оман |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Oman |