What does ๐ฑ๐พ Libya Flag mean?
Red, black and green horizontal stripes, the black twice as wide and bearing a white crescent and star. The design, first used at independence in 1951, returned in 2011. Libyans at home and abroad use it to show pride and heritage, follow national teams, and share posts about the old city of Tripoli, the Roman ruins of Leptis Magna and the Sahara.
Technically, ๐ฑ๐พ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฑ ๐พ, which spell the region code LY. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters LY instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฑ๐พ Libya Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ฑ๐พ Libya Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Libya Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Libya Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฑ๐พ 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-ly:.
When was the Libya Flag emoji added?
๐ฑ๐พ Libya 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 Libya Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (LY). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฑ๐พ flag.