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This template is used to display a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name. It is related to the {{Flagicon}} and {{Flagcountry}} templates, but offers more options in terms of the text string displayed.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for the main documentation/discussion page for the flag templates system.

Usage

{{flag|country identifier|optional variant|name=alternative text string|size=maximum width and/or height of the flag image}}

• country identifier is the common name of the country (e.g. "United States"), a common alias (e.g. "US"), or a standard country code such as those listed at ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
• variant is an optional second parameter that can be used to display a flag variation, such as a historical flag. The list of variants for each country is documented on the appropriate template page, such as Template:Country data Germany
• alternative text string, this optional value, specified by the name parameter, is used to display alternative text
• size, this optional value is specified by the size parameter, and is used to specify the maximum width and/or height of the flag image. This parameter is specified using standard image syntax.

See the prefix index for the templates latently called by this one.

Examples

Wiki markup	Displays	Notes
{{flag|United States}}	ಅಮೇರಿಕ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ	Note that both instances link to United States.
{{flag|USA}}	ಅಮೇರಿಕ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ
{{flag|Germany}}	Germany	All three instances link to ಜರ್ಮನಿ. In addition to the ISO country codes, those used by FIFA, IOC, etc. are also supported.
{{flag|DEU}}	Germany
{{flag|GER}}	Germany
{{flag|Germany|empire}}	Germany	Flag variations can be used with either country names or country codes.
{{flag|DEU|empire}}	Germany
{{flag|CAN|name=Canadian}}	ಕೆನಡಾ	The name parameter can be used to change the display string but keep the link to the correct article.
{{flag|Canada|1957|name=Canadian}}	ಕೆನಡಾ	The name parameter can also be used when flag variants are specified.
{{flag|Texas}}	Texas	Flags are also available for several sub-national and multi-national entities such as US states, Canadian provinces, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the European Union. A complete list can be found at ವರ್ಗ:Country data templates.
{{flag|British Columbia|name=BC}}	British Columbia
{{flag|Commonwealth of Nations|name=Cmnwlth}}	Commonwealth of Nations
{{flag|EU}}	European Union
{{flag|Switzerland|size=14px}}	ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್	The size parameter can be used to control the image dimensions. "ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್" is the default size.
{{flag|Switzerland|size=28px}}	ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Flag

This template displays a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name

Template parameters

ಪರಿಮಿತಿ		ವಿವರ	ನಮೂನೆ	ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ
Country identifier	1	Common name of the country (e.g. 'United States'), a common alias (e.g. 'US'), or a standard country code	String	required
Variant	2	Identifies a flag variant to be used instead of the standard flag, e.g. 1815	String	ಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Alternative text	name	Display alternative text instead of the standard country name	String	ಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Maximum dimension	size	The maximum width or height, specified via standard 'extended image syntax' (e.g. x30px)	String	ಐಚ್ಛಿಕ

See also

• Template:Coat of arms
• Template:Flagcountry—always expands the link text to the full country name.
• Template:Flagicon—displays the flag only.