Saltire

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Scottish national symbol national flag vexillological symbol

The Saltire is the national flag of Scotland, featuring a white diagonal cross of Saint Andrew on a blue field and recognized as one of the oldest flags in continuous use.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Saltire canonical	10
Flag of Scotland	7
Saint Andrew's Cross	1
Saltire of Scotland	1
Scottish Government flag	1
Scottish Saltire	1
Scottish flag	1
St Andrew's Cross	1
St. Andrew's flag	1
St. Andrew’s flag	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish national symbol ⓘ national flag ⓘ vexillological symbol ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Saltire ⓘ surface form: Flag of Scotland Saltire ⓘ surface form: Saint Andrew's Cross
appearsIn	Scottish heraldry ⓘ logos of Scottish organizations ⓘ
associatedWith	Saint Andrew's Day ⓘ Scottish independence movement ⓘ Scottish nationalism ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
crossColor	white ⓘ
crossType	saltire ⓘ
culturalSignificance	emblem of Scottish pride ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Andrew ⓘ
designElement	two diagonal bands forming an X ⓘ
features	blue field ⓘ white diagonal cross ⓘ
fieldColor	blue ⓘ
flownOn	Saint Andrew's Day ⓘ
influenced	design of the Union Flag ⓘ
inspired	flags incorporating white saltires on blue fields ⓘ various regional flags in Scotland ⓘ
isPartOf	Union Flag ⓘ
legalStatus	official national flag of Scotland ⓘ
orientation	diagonal cross from corner to corner ⓘ
pattern	simple bicolor cross-on-field design ⓘ
recognizedBy	Scottish Parliament ⓘ United Kingdom authorities as flag of Scotland ⓘ
religiousAssociation	Christianity ⓘ
represents	Scotland ⓘ
shape	rectangular flag ⓘ
status	one of the oldest flags in continuous use ⓘ
symbolizes	Scottish heritage ⓘ Scottish identity ⓘ patron saint of Scotland ⓘ
usedAs	naval ensign of Scotland (historical) ⓘ
usedBy	Scottish Government ⓘ Scottish people ⓘ
usedOn	Scottish cultural events ⓘ Scottish sporting events ⓘ public buildings in Scotland ⓘ
usedSince	medieval period ⓘ
usesColor	blue ⓘ white ⓘ
vexillologyCode	blue field with white saltire ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Kingdom of Scotland → flag → Saltire ⓘ

Cross of Saint Andrew → hasAlternativeName → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Saltire

Cross of Saint Andrew → hasAlternativeName → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Scotland

White Army → usedSymbol → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Andrew's flag

Saint Andrew → associatedWith → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Scotland

Royal Scots Navy → symbol → Saltire ⓘ

First Minister of Scotland → flag → Saltire ⓘ

Scotland national football team → usesFlag → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Scotland

Saltire → alsoKnownAs → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Scotland

Saltire → alsoKnownAs → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Andrew's Cross

Flags of the United Kingdom → includesFlag → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Government flag

Andrew the Apostle → associatedWithFlag → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saltire of Scotland

Scottish American → symbol → Saltire ⓘ

subject surface form: Scottish Americans

Saint Andrew's Day → symbol → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Andrew's Cross

Navy Day of Russia → symbol → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Andrew’s flag

Government of the Kingdom of Scotland → flagUsed → Saltire ⓘ

The Tartan Army → usesSymbol → Saltire ⓘ

Flags of Europe → includesRegionalFlagOf → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Scotland

Scottish national football teams → useFlag → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Scotland

Deputy First Minister of Scotland → hasSymbol → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Scotland

Scottish Australians → symbol → Saltire ⓘ

SNP logo with yellow background and black thistle knot → relatedTo → Saltire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish flag

Scottish people → traditionalSymbol → Saltire ⓘ