What ๐ณ๐จ means
Stands for New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific. Two flags fly there side by side: the French tricolor and a local blue, red and green flag with a yellow disc and a traditional Kanak roof spire.
Residents use it for local pride, and travelers use it for Noumรฉa and the island's huge lagoon ๐ข. It also shows up in news about the territory's future status.
Which flag represents the territory is a sensitive local question, tied to Kanak identity.
Facts
Flag: New Caledonia ๐ณ๐จ is an emoji in the flags category, under country flag. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :new_caledonia: or :flag_new_caledonia:. People also look for it with words like โNCโ or โflagโ.
Timeline
- 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 2.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2015
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2016
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.
flags ยท Emoji 2.0