Cyprus may be the only country whose flag is a map of itself: a copper silhouette of the island sits on plain white, with two green olive branches crossed underneath. The copper nods to the island's ancient copper deposits, while the white field and branches point to peace between its communities. A Turkish Cypriot art teacher, Ismet Guney, designed it in 1960.
What 🇨🇾 means
A white rectangular flag with an orange print of the island's geographical shape, bordered with a pair of olive leaves below.
The 🇨🇾 Flag: Cyprus emoji symbolizes the Republic of Cyprus, also known as just Cyprus, an island nation in the Mediterranean sea. This emoji is shown as 'CY' on some platforms.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus Flag
- 🇨🇾 Flag of the Republic of Cyprus
- 🇨🇾 Cypriot Flag
- 🇨🇾 Country Code - CY
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1E8 U+1F1FE- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:cyprus:GitHub:flag-cy:Slack:flag_cy:Discord:cy:Discord- Keywords
- flag
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🇨🇾 Flag: Cyprus or 🛵 Motor Scooter?