Meaning
Saint Martin's flag features three colors in a unique triangular arrangement: blue on the left, white on the bottom right, and red on the top right. The flag also displays a crown and initials representing the island's governance. The distinctive design reflects the island's unique status as partially French and partially Dutch territory in the Caribbean.
This flag appears when people discuss Saint Martin (or Sint Maarten, using the Dutch spelling), Caribbean travel, or island life. You'll find it in posts about vacation destinations, discussing Caribbean culture, or mentioning the divided island. The flag carries less mainstream recognition than larger Caribbean nations, but it's significant to people from or visiting the region.
Saint Martin is geographically unique—the same island is divided between French and Dutch territories, creating a fascinating cultural blend. This division is reflected in the flag's design and the island's bilingual, bicultural character. The flag represents this rare political arrangement in the modern world.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2 in 2015, Saint Martin's flag emoji helps represent this distinctive Caribbean island.
Common Uses
- • Discussing Caribbean travel or vacation plans
- • Celebrating Saint Martin's culture or heritage
- • Referencing the island's unique French-Dutch division
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Did You Know?
Saint Martin is one of the few places in the world where two nations share a single island with no physical barrier between them, creating a unique cultural and legal landscape.
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Platform Shortcodes
:st_martin: :flag-mf: :st_martin: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇲🇫 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇲🇫 |
| CSS | \1F1F2\1F1EB |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDF2\uD83C\uDDEB |
| Python | \U0001F1F2\U0001F1EB |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDF2\uD83C\uDDEB |
| Perl | \x{1F1F2}\x{1F1EB} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1F2}\x{1F1EB} |
| Punycode | xn--2qcy-2qcr |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%B2%F0%9F%87%AB |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAB |
🇲🇫 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: সেন্ট মার্টিন |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 法属圣马丁 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:法屬聖馬丁 |
| Danish | Saint Martin |
| Dutch | vlag: Saint-Martin |
| English | flag: St. Martin |
| English (UK) | flag: St. Martin |
| Estonian | lipp: Saint-Martin |
| Finnish | lippu: Saint-Martin |
| French | drapeau : Saint-Martin |
| German | Flagge: St. Martin |
| Hindi | झंडा: सेंट मार्टिन |
| Hungarian | zászló: Saint Martin |
| Italian | bandiera: Saint Martin |
| Japanese | 旗: サン・マルタン |
| Korean | 깃발: 생마르탱 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Sen Martenas |
| Malay | bendera: Saint Martin |
| Norwegian | flagg: Saint-Martin |
| Polish | flaga: Saint-Martin |
| Portuguese | bandeira: São Martinho |
| Russian | флаг: Сен-Мартен |
| Spanish | Bandera: San Martín |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: San Martín |
| Swedish | flagga: Saint-Martin |
| Thai | ธง: เซนต์มาร์ติน |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Сен-Мартен |
| Vietnamese | cờ: St. Martin |