Vierkleur

E390309

historical flag national flag

Vierkleur is the historic four-coloured national flag of the former South African Republic (Transvaal), symbolizing the Boer republic’s identity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Label	Occurrences
Vierkleur canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical flag ⓘ national flag ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Transvaal flag ⓘ Flag of the South African Republic ⓘ surface form: flag of the South African Republic
associatedWith	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria Transvaal ⓘ
category	Boer republics ⓘ surface form: Boer Republics Flags of former countries ⓘ National symbols of South African Republic ⓘ
color	blue ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South African Republic ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	marker of Afrikaner identity ⓘ symbol of Boer heritage ⓘ
hasDesignFeature	horizontal red white blue stripes on the fly ⓘ vertical green stripe at the hoist ⓘ
hasOrientation	horizontal tricolour with vertical hoist stripe ⓘ
hasSymbolicMeaning	Boer resistance to British rule ⓘ independence of the South African Republic ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Second Boer War ⓘ surface form: Second Boer War era late 19th century ⓘ
inspiredBy	flag of the Netherlands (tricolour concept) ⓘ surface form: Dutch tricolour
languageOfName	Afrikaans ⓘ
meaningOfName	four colours ⓘ
politicalEntityType	Boer republics ⓘ surface form: Boer republic
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	Dutch flag ⓘ Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) ⓘ Flag of the Orange Free State ⓘ
scriptOfName	Latin alphabet ⓘ
status	historic flag ⓘ
symbolOf	Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ Boer republic identity ⓘ
usedAs	military flag of Boer forces ⓘ national flag of the South African Republic ⓘ
usedBy	Afrikaners ⓘ surface form: Boers South African Republic ⓘ
usedIn	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
usedInContext	Afrikaner cultural events ⓘ Boer War commemorations ⓘ
usedUntil	early 20th century ⓘ

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

Flag of the South African Republic → alsoKnownAs → Vierkleur ⓘ