Flag of Hawaii

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flag state flag

The Flag of Hawaii is the state flag featuring eight horizontal stripes and a British Union Jack in the canton, symbolizing the islands and Hawaii’s historical ties to the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of Hawaii canonical	4
Hawaiian national flag	1
flag of the Provisional Government of Hawaii	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8491136 — 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 Hawaii
Context triple: [Kingdom of Hawaii, flag, Flag of Hawaii]

A. Flag of Florida
The Flag of Florida is the state flag of Florida, featuring a red saltire on a white field with the state seal at its center.
B. Flag of Palau
The Flag of Palau is a light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly off-center, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean and the moon, and representing the island nation's identity and independence.
C. Flag of Delaware
The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
D. Flag of Maryland
The Flag of Maryland is the distinctive U.S. state flag featuring the heraldic black-and-gold Calvert and red-and-white Crossland family arms in a quartered design.
E. Flag of Connecticut
The Flag of Connecticut is the state flag featuring a blue field with a white baroque shield displaying three grapevines and the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."
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 Hawaii
Target entity description: The Flag of Hawaii is the state flag featuring eight horizontal stripes and a British Union Jack in the canton, symbolizing the islands and Hawaii’s historical ties to the United Kingdom.

A. Flag of Florida
The Flag of Florida is the state flag of Florida, featuring a red saltire on a white field with the state seal at its center.
B. Flag of Palau
The Flag of Palau is a light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly off-center, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean and the moon, and representing the island nation's identity and independence.
C. Flag of Delaware
The Flag of Delaware is a blue field featuring the state's coat of arms within a buff-colored diamond, with the date of Delaware's ratification of the U.S. Constitution inscribed below.
D. Flag of Maryland
The Flag of Maryland is the distinctive U.S. state flag featuring the heraldic black-and-gold Calvert and red-and-white Crossland family arms in a quartered design.
E. Flag of Connecticut
The Flag of Connecticut is the state flag featuring a blue field with a white baroque shield displaying three grapevines and the Latin motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ
adoptedAsNationalFlagOfKingdomOfHawaii	1845 ⓘ
adoptedAsStateFlag	1959 ⓘ
belongsTo	U.S. state flags ⓘ
cantonDesign	Union Flag of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Union Flag
containsColorsOf	United Kingdom flag ⓘ linked to: Union Flag United States flag ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designedUnderMonarch	Kamehameha I ⓘ
displayedAt	Hawaii State Capitol ⓘ Hawaii government buildings ⓘ Hawaii public schools ⓘ
hasAspectRatio	1:2 ⓘ
hasCanton	Union Jack ⓘ linked to: Union Flag
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Native Hawaiians ⓘ residents of Hawaii ⓘ
hasDesign	eight horizontal stripes ⓘ
hasElement	blue stripes ⓘ red stripes ⓘ white stripes ⓘ
historicalUse	flag of the Provisional Government of Hawaii ⓘ linked to: Flag of Hawaii flag of the Republic of Hawaii ⓘ national flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ territorial flag of Hawaii ⓘ
isOnlyUSStateFlagWithNationalFlagOfAnotherCountry	true ⓘ
isOnlyUSStateFlagWithUnionJack	true ⓘ
isVexillologicalSubjectOf	North American Vexillological Association ⓘ
legalStatus	official state symbol of Hawaii ⓘ
nickname	Ka Hae Hawaiʻi ⓘ
numberOfStripes	8 ⓘ
officialIn	State of Hawaii constitution ⓘ linked to: Hawaii State Constitution
previousVersionsExistedBefore1845	true ⓘ
proportion	1:2 ⓘ
state	Hawaii ⓘ
stripeColors	blue ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
symbolizes	eight main Hawaiian Islands ⓘ historical ties to the United Kingdom ⓘ relationship with the United States ⓘ
usedBy	Hawaii residents ⓘ Hawaii state government ⓘ linked to: Government of Hawaii State of Hawaii ⓘ linked to: Hawaii
usedOn	Hawaii Statehood Day ⓘ Hawaii state holidays ⓘ Kamehameha Day ⓘ
writingSystemOfNickname	Hawaiian language ⓘ linked to: Hawaiian

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Hawaii → flag → Flag of Hawaii ⓘ

Republic of Hawaii → flag → Flag of Hawaii ⓘ

Flags of U.S. states → hasPart → Flag of Hawaii ⓘ

Provisional Government of Hawaii → flag → Flag of Hawaii ⓘ

Flag of Hawaii → historicalUse → flag of the Provisional Government of Hawaii ⓘ

linked to: Flag of Hawaii

Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Hawaii → associatedWith → Hawaiian national flag ⓘ