Green flag

A green flag has various significances.

National flags

The Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was a plain green flag.[1]
The Flag of Saudi Arabia has a field of green, which represents Islam.[2]
Irish nationalism was traditionally represented with a green flag.[3] The current flag of Ireland is a tricolour with green representing the Irish Catholics, orange representing the Irish Protestants, and white in the middle to represent peace.[4]
The former Flag of Mauritania.[5]
Various green-striped American flags flew during the Revolutionary War, with green representing the 'color of hope'.

A green flag is part of a set of racing flags and indicates the beginning or resumption of an auto race.
The actual flags flown in parks and gardens that have received the Green Flag Award.[6]
On rail transport in Great Britain and Ireland, green flags are sometimes used (less often than in the past) by railway guards as a signal to engine drivers that they can proceed.

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