What does 🇷🇴 Romania Flag mean?
Three vertical bands of blue, yellow and red, nearly identical to Chad’s flag. Romanians celebrate Great Union Day on 1 December and Flag Day on 26 June, and use the flag for football and gymnastics. Travellers pair it with Transylvania’s castles, the Carpathians, the Danube Delta and Dracula legends, and it labels Romanian in apps.
Technically, 🇷🇴 is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters 🇷 🇴, which spell the region code RO. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters RO instead – the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipient’s phone.
🇷🇴 Romania Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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🇷🇴 Romania Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Romania Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Romania 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-ro:.
When was the Romania Flag emoji added?
🇷🇴 Romania 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 Romania Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (RO). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full 🇷🇴 flag.