What does 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau Flag mean?
A red vertical band at the hoist carries a black star, beside horizontal bands of yellow over green. Guinea-Bissau is a Portuguese-speaking country in West Africa that celebrates Independence Day on 24 September. The flag appears in posts about the Bijagós Archipelago, Bissau’s carnival, the cashew harvest and Kriol culture.
Technically, 🇬🇼 is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters 🇬 🇼, which spell the region code GW. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters GW instead – the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipient’s phone.
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Guinea-Bissau Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Guinea-Bissau Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🇬🇼 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-gw:.
When was the Guinea-Bissau Flag emoji added?
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (GW). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full 🇬🇼 flag.