what is the union jack called?
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The Union Flag, or Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It is so called because it combines the crosses of the three countries united under one Sovereign - the kingdoms of England and Wales, of Scotland and of Ireland (although since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom).
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Soyuz. "Soyuz" is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text "Союз", and is the Russian word for "Union".
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The official name of the UK is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". What countries make up the UK? The name refers to the union of what were once four separate nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (though most of Ireland is now independent. Only Northern Ireland is part of the UK now).
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England only has the one which is the flag of St George which is a Red Cross on a white background. ... one is the St George Cross the Flag of England the other is the Union Jack the flag of the united Kingdom and Great Britain.
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On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
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29 June, 2019 The flag flying around the town is the Union flag (a white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white).
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The Union Jack Club is a famous Tri-Services membership club, established in 1904, for Serving and Veteran Enlisted members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces. ... Serving Enlisted forces personnel are all automatically members of the Union Jack Club and can visit or book accommodation.
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A jack or knave is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic or courtier dress, generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century.
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The flag of Tonga consists of a red field with a white canton charged with a red couped cross. Adopted in 1875 after being officially enshrined into the nation's constitution, it has been the flag of the Kingdom of Tonga since that year. The constitution stipulates that the national flag can never be changed.
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Flag of the United Nations. A white UN emblem (a polar azimuthal equidistant projection world map surrounded by two olive branches) on a blue background. The flag of the United Nations was adopted on December 7, 1946, and consists of the official emblem of the United Nations in white on a blue background.
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Above: These connectors are often called jacks but the correct name is plugs. The term jack connector or jack plug often refers to the type of plug pictured right. These come on various sizes and configurations, and are very common in audio equipment.
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“The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.”
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A white UN emblem (a polar azimuthal equidistant projection world map surrounded by two olive branches) on a blue background. The flag of the United Nations was adopted on December 7, 1946, and consists of the official emblem of the United Nations in white on a blue background.
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Reverse. A torch that stands for liberty, an olive branch that stands for peace, and an oak branch that stands for strength and independence. Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
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While Jack is now a proper name in its own right, in English, it was traditionally used as a diminutive form of John. It can also be used as a diminutive for: Jacob, Jason, Jonathan, Jan, Johann, Johannes, Joachim and sometimes for James, from its French form Jacques, from the Latin Jacobus.
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Australia's flag has six white stars, while New Zealand's four star Southern Cross is in red. Meanwhile in Australia, the country is debating whether they drop the 'colonist' Union Jack from the flag, instead keeping their six white stars on a plain dark blue background.
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The first version of the flag was created in 1606, featuring only the English and Scottish flags. The Union Jack was amended in 1801 to incorporate the cross of St. Patrick (Ireland).