Before 2017, Mauritania's flag looked different: that was the year voters approved adding a red band above and below its older green field. Green carries a gold crescent and star for Islam, and the new red bands stand for the sacrifice tied to defending the country. The updated flag first flew that November, on Independence Day.
What 🇲🇷 means
A green rectangular flag with a thin red border on each length bracketing a yellow crescent moon whose curve is downwardly facing and the space in between the edges has a five-pointed star.
The 🇲🇷 Flag: Mauritania emoji refers to the northwest African country; the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (a formal way of addressing Mauritania). This emoji is shown as 'MR' on some platforms.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇲🇷 Flag of Mauritania
- 🇲🇷 Flag of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- 🇲🇷 Mauritanian Flag
- 🇲🇷 Country Code - MR
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1F2 U+1F1F7- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:mauritania:GitHub:flag-mr:Slack:flag_mr:Discord:mr: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: Mauritania or 🫴 Palm Up Hand?