flag of Madeira
E309613
The flag of Madeira is a blue-gold-blue vertical tricolour featuring the red-bordered white cross of the Order of Christ, symbolizing the Portuguese archipelago’s maritime heritage and regional identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| flag of Madeira canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2924171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: flag of Madeira Context triple: [Legislative Assembly of Madeira, uses, flag of Madeira]
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A.
flag of Portugal
The flag of Portugal is a vertically bicolored green and red national flag featuring the country’s complex coat of arms with an armillary sphere and shield at the boundary of the two fields.
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B.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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C.
Flag of Gibraltar
The Flag of Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory flag featuring a distinctive red castle and golden key on a white and red field, symbolizing Gibraltar’s historic role as the “key” to the Mediterranean.
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D.
Flag of Melilla
The Flag of Melilla is the official banner of the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, featuring a blue field charged with the city’s historic coat of arms that reflects its Iberian and North African heritage.
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E.
Flag of Spain
The Flag of Spain is a horizontal red-yellow-red tricolour with the national coat of arms, symbolizing the Spanish state and used as its primary national emblem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: flag of Madeira Target entity description: The flag of Madeira is a blue-gold-blue vertical tricolour featuring the red-bordered white cross of the Order of Christ, symbolizing the Portuguese archipelago’s maritime heritage and regional identity.
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A.
flag of Portugal
The flag of Portugal is a vertically bicolored green and red national flag featuring the country’s complex coat of arms with an armillary sphere and shield at the boundary of the two fields.
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B.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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C.
Flag of Gibraltar
The Flag of Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory flag featuring a distinctive red castle and golden key on a white and red field, symbolizing Gibraltar’s historic role as the “key” to the Mediterranean.
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D.
Flag of Melilla
The Flag of Melilla is the official banner of the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, featuring a blue field charged with the city’s historic coat of arms that reflects its Iberian and North African heritage.
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E.
Flag of Spain
The Flag of Spain is a horizontal red-yellow-red tricolour with the national coat of arms, symbolizing the Spanish state and used as its primary national emblem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
regional flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1978-07-28 ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Atlantic archipelagos of Portugal
ⓘ
Portuguese discoveries ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese maritime discoveries
|
| basedOn | cross of the Order of Christ ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
flags of Portugal
ⓘ
flags of autonomous regions ⓘ |
| category |
flags introduced in 1978
ⓘ
regional symbols of Madeira ⓘ |
| centralStripeColour | gold ⓘ |
| colour |
blue
ⓘ
gold ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| design | vertical tricolour ⓘ |
| designer |
Abel de Andrade
ⓘ
Luís Filipe de Abreu ⓘ |
| fieldColour | blue and gold ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined by regional decree ⓘ |
| outerStripeColour | blue ⓘ |
| pattern | blue-gold-blue vertical tricolour ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| represents |
Madeira
ⓘ
surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
Madeira ⓘ |
| status | official regional flag ⓘ |
| symbol | cross of the Order of Christ ⓘ |
| symbolColour | red-bordered white cross ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian heritage
ⓘ
historical connection to Portugal ⓘ maritime heritage of Madeira ⓘ regional identity of Madeira ⓘ |
| symbolPosition | centre ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Madeira
ⓘ
surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
Legislative Assembly of Madeira ⓘ
surface form:
Regional Assembly of Madeira
Regional Government of Madeira ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial occasions
ⓘ
civil purposes ⓘ governmental purposes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Funchal
Madeira ⓘ
surface form:
Madeira Islands
|
| usedSince | late 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: flag of Madeira Description of subject: The flag of Madeira is a blue-gold-blue vertical tricolour featuring the red-bordered white cross of the Order of Christ, symbolizing the Portuguese archipelago’s maritime heritage and regional identity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.