Long before most of Africa's flags existed, Ethiopia settled on green, yellow and red, adopting the tricolor after its 1897 victory over Italy at the Battle of Adwa. Green means fertility here, yellow hope and justice, red the sacrifice that struggle demanded. A blue disc with a gold star sits at center, added in 1996 for the unity of Ethiopia's nationalities.
What 🇪🇹 means
A rectangular flag with a horizontal triband of deep-green, yellow and red along with a navy blue disc at the center, printed with the outline of a five-pointed yellow star and short spokes emerging from the interjections of the star.
The 🇪🇹 Flag: Ethiopia emoji refers to Ethiopia, a country in the Horn of Africa; essentially the easternmost peninsular region of Africa. It is officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. This emoji is shown as 'ET' on platforms that don't support flag emojis.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇪🇹 Flag of Ethiopia
- 🇪🇹 Flag of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopian Flag
- 🇪🇹 Country Code - ET
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1EA U+1F1F9- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:ethiopia:GitHub:flag-et:Slack:flag_et:Discord:et: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: Ethiopia or 🚭 No Smoking?