🇬🇮 flag: Gibraltar Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Gibraltar Emoji 🇬🇮 Mean?

Two horizontal bands — white (double-width) on top and red on the bottom — with a three-towered red castle and a golden key dangling from the center tower. The castle and key, derived from the city's coat of arms granted by Spanish royalty in 1502, represent Gibraltar as the 'Key to the Mediterranean.' Officially adopted in 1982, the design is unique among British Overseas Territories for not being based on the Blue Ensign. The emoji shows up during National Day (September 10), and posts about the famous Barbary macaques (Europe's only wild monkeys), the Rock, and the Mediterranean entrance.

Coded in Unicode 6.0 from GI, it pairs with monkey, key, and castle emojis. Travelers tag it with the cable-car ride up the Rock and views toward Africa across the strait. Gibraltarians proudly distinguish their flag from any Spanish or British alternative.

The 1969 Constitution Order officially designated the flag of Gibraltar. The Rock famously houses ammunition magazines, tunnels, and air-raid shelters from WWII, and the flag is a fixture during the Spanish-British sovereignty debates that surface in news cycles.