What does ๐ง๐ถ Caribbean Netherlands Flag mean?
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba together form the Caribbean Netherlands, special municipalities of the Netherlands. Each island has its own banner, but the group has no shared flag of its own, so the Dutch red, white and blue tricolour usually stands in for it. The emoji appears in posts about Bonaireโs shore diving and flamingos, Sabaโs steep rainforest trails and quiet Statia.
Technically, ๐ง๐ถ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ง ๐ถ, which spell the region code BQ. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters BQ instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ง๐ถ Caribbean Netherlands Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Caribbean Netherlands Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Caribbean Netherlands Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ง๐ถ 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-bq:.
When was the Caribbean Netherlands Flag emoji added?
๐ง๐ถ Caribbean Netherlands 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 Caribbean Netherlands Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (BQ). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ง๐ถ flag.