What does ๐ฉ๐ฌ Diego Garcia Flag mean?
Diego Garcia has no flag of its own and uses that of the British Indian Ocean Territory: wavy white and blue stripes for the ocean, the Union Jack in the canton, and a palm tree with a crown on the fly. The atoll, the largest in the Chagos Archipelago, hosts a joint UK and US military base. Its future, and the wider Chagos question, has been the subject of negotiations between the UK and Mauritius.
Technically, ๐ฉ๐ฌ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฉ ๐ฌ, which spell the region code DG. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters DG instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฉ๐ฌ Diego Garcia 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 Diego Garcia Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฉ๐ฌ 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-dg:.
When was the Diego Garcia Flag emoji added?
๐ฉ๐ฌ Diego Garcia 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 Diego Garcia Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (DG). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฉ๐ฌ flag.