Flag of United Arab Emirates

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The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
UAE flag	2
Flag of United Arab Emirates canonical	1
Flag of the President of the United Arab Emirates	1
Flag of the UAE	1
UAE Flag Day	1
UAE national flag	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530096 — 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 United Arab Emirates
Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of United Arab Emirates]

A. Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
B. Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
The Emblem of the United Arab Emirates is the national coat of arms featuring a golden falcon with a disk showing the UAE flag and seven stars, symbolizing the unity and sovereignty of the federation.
C. Iraqi flag
The Iraqi flag is the national tricolor of Iraq, featuring horizontal bands of red, white, and black with green Arabic script symbolizing the Takbir.
D. Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
E. Flag of Iran
The Flag of Iran is a tricolour national flag of green, white, and red with a central emblem and stylized script symbolizing Islamic and national identity.
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 United Arab Emirates
Target entity description: The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.

A. Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
B. Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
The Emblem of the United Arab Emirates is the national coat of arms featuring a golden falcon with a disk showing the UAE flag and seven stars, symbolizing the unity and sovereignty of the federation.
C. Iraqi flag
The Iraqi flag is the national tricolor of Iraq, featuring horizontal bands of red, white, and black with green Arabic script symbolizing the Takbir.
D. Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
E. Flag of Iran
The Flag of Iran is a tricolour national flag of green, white, and red with a central emblem and stylized script symbolizing Islamic and national identity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag ⓘ national flag ⓘ
adoptedOn	1971-12-02 ⓘ
adoptionOccasion	formation of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Flag of the UAE ⓘ linked to: Flag of United Arab Emirates UAE flag ⓘ linked to: Flag of United Arab Emirates
bottomStripeColour	black ⓘ
category	Flags of Asia ⓘ National symbols of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
colour	black ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
colourSymbolismBlack	strength of mind and defeat of enemies ⓘ
colourSymbolismGreen	fertility and prosperity ⓘ
colourSymbolismRed	courage and sacrifice ⓘ
colourSymbolismWhite	peace and honesty ⓘ
country	United Arab Emirates ⓘ
designedBy	Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah ⓘ
designType	horizontal tricolour with vertical stripe at hoist ⓘ
emiratesRepresented	Abu Dhabi ⓘ Ajman ⓘ Dubai ⓘ Fujairah ⓘ Ras Al Khaimah ⓘ Sharjah ⓘ Umm Al Quwain ⓘ
firstRaisedInCity	Abu Dhabi ⓘ
hoistStripeColour	red ⓘ
inspiredBy	Pan-Arab flag tradition ⓘ
introducedBy	federal government of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
middleStripeColour	white ⓘ
officialLanguageOfInscription	none ⓘ
pattern	three equal horizontal bands ⓘ vertical red stripe at the hoist ⓘ
proportion	1:2 ⓘ
relatedColourScheme	Flag of Jordan ⓘ Flag of Kuwait ⓘ linked to: flag of Kuwait Flag of Palestine ⓘ Flag of Sudan ⓘ
represents	federal union of the seven emirates ⓘ
reverseDesign	same as obverse ⓘ
status	in official use ⓘ
symbolism	Arab unity ⓘ heritage of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ pan-Arab colours ⓘ strength ⓘ
topStripeColour	green ⓘ
usedBy	civil population of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ government of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ linked to: federal government of the United Arab Emirates military of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ linked to: United Arab Emirates Armed Forces

How these facts were elicited