🇩🇿 flag: Algeria Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Algeria Emoji 🇩🇿 Mean?

A vertical green band at the hoist and a white band on the fly carry a red crescent and five-pointed star in the center, straddling the divide. Green represents Islam and the lush Mediterranean coast, white symbolizes purity and peace, and the red crescent and star honor liberty and the blood of fallen martyrs from the brutal 1954–1962 War of Independence against France. Adopted in 1962.

The emoji explodes during football matches featuring the Fennecs (Algeria won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations), Independence Day (July 5), and Revolution Day (November 1). Travelers tag it with Algiers' Casbah and Sahara dune shots. Coded in Unicode 6.0 from DZ, it pairs with desert, football, and tea (Algerian mint tea is beloved) emojis.

The huge Algerian diaspora in France uses it constantly, and the flag is sometimes flown in dual-heritage celebrations. The flag was designed in 1928 by Emir Khaled, grandson of Abd el-Kader. The Sahara desert covers most of Algeria, and posts about Tassili n'Ajjer rock art or Touareg culture often feature the flag alongside desert and tea emojis.