What does ๐ฒ๐ป Maldives Flag mean?
A red field with a large green rectangle in the centre bearing a white crescent. Maldivians celebrate Independence Day on 26 July, and the flag is a staple of honeymoon and luxury travel posts: overwater villas, white sandbanks, manta rays and whale sharks. It also shows up in talk of rising sea levels, as the country is one of the lowest-lying on Earth.
Technically, ๐ฒ๐ป is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฒ ๐ป, which spell the region code MV. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters MV instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฒ๐ป Maldives Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ฒ๐ป Maldives Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Maldives Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Maldives Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฒ๐ป 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-mv:.
When was the Maldives Flag emoji added?
๐ฒ๐ป Maldives 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 Maldives Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (MV). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฒ๐ป flag.