What does ๐ฎ๐ด British Indian Ocean Territory Flag mean?
Wavy white and blue stripes for the Indian Ocean, the Union Jack in the canton and a palm tree with a crown on the fly. The British Indian Ocean Territory covers the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. Mauritius has long claimed the islands, and Chagossians removed from them decades ago have campaigned to return, so the emoji most often appears in news, history and heritage discussions.
Technically, ๐ฎ๐ด is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฎ ๐ด, which spell the region code IO. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters IO instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฎ๐ด British Indian Ocean Territory Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ฎ๐ด British Indian Ocean Territory Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how British Indian Ocean Territory Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the British Indian Ocean Territory Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฎ๐ด 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-io:.
When was the British Indian Ocean Territory Flag emoji added?
๐ฎ๐ด British Indian Ocean Territory 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 British Indian Ocean Territory Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (IO). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฎ๐ด flag.