Count the stripes on the Greek flag and you get nine, one for each syllable of "Eleftheria i Thanatos," the rallying cry of the 1821 revolution meaning Freedom or Death. The blue-and-white cross in the corner marks Greek Orthodox Christianity, and these days the flag does easy duty for island vacations, gyros, and family heritage posts.
What 🇬🇷 means
A navy blue flag with a small '+' sign in white to the top-left corner of the fabric, followed by white stripes throughout. The 🇬🇷 Flag: Greece emoji refers to the southeast European country of Greece, known as the 'Hellenic Republic' or just 'Hellas'.
This emoji is shown as 'GR' on some platforms.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇬🇷 Flag of Greece
- 🇬🇷 Greek Flag
- 🇬🇷 Flag of the Hellenic Republic
- 🇬🇷 Hellas Flag
- 🇬🇷 Country Code - GR
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1EC U+1F1F7- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:greece:GitHub:flag-gr:Slack:flag_gr:Discord:gr: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: Greece or 🌵 Cactus?