Flags / South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean

Flag of Cyprus

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

A white field with a copper-coloured island outline above two green olive branches.

Name in the quiz: Cyprus
UN member state name: Cyprus
ISO 3166-1 code: CY
Atlas Play pack: South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean (explorer pack)

Practise the South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

JapanCyprus: a copper island outline and olive branches. Japan: a red disc.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Cyprus (revision 1375735198) (An outline of Cyprus in copper above two green olive branches on a white field; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/cy.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 a88a4e4abbb8…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.