What does ๐ฆ๐ด Angola Flag mean?
Red over black horizontal halves, with a yellow emblem in the centre: half a cogwheel crossed by a machete and topped by a star, symbols of industry, agriculture and progress. Angolans post it on Independence Day, 11 November, while cheering the Palancas Negras football team, sharing kizomba, semba and kuduro tracks, and showing pride in Luanda or in the Portuguese-speaking diaspora.
Technically, ๐ฆ๐ด is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฆ ๐ด, which spell the region code AO. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters AO instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฆ๐ด Angola Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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How do I copy and paste the Angola Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฆ๐ด is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flag-ao:.
When was the Angola Flag emoji added?
๐ฆ๐ด Angola Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Angola Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (AO). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฆ๐ด flag.