Vatican City flag emoji 🇻🇦
🇻🇦 is the flag of Vatican City, ISO code VA. Copy it here.
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About the Vatican City flag emoji
Yellow and white vertical halves with the crossed keys and papal tiara on the white; one of the two square national flags — that is the Vatican City flag as an emoji, 🇻🇦. The Vatican City flag is built from the regional indicator letters V and A, the two-letter code VA, which fonts join into the single Vatican City flag. Windows has no flag artwork, so there VA appears as the letters V A. Vatican City (VA) joined the flag set in Emoji 1.0 (2015); VA renders on every major platform except Windows. Copy VA from the card; the flag emoji hub groups Vatican City with the other Europe flags, such as France, listed beside Vatican City.
Unicode name: flag: Vatican City · U+1F1FB U+1F1E6 · Emoji 2.0 (2015) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- National pride: Vatican City (VA) next to a name, a result or a holiday post, Vatican style
- Travel: a trip to Vatican City, a photo location, or a “from → to” bio with VA
- Language: VA as shorthand for the language of Vatican City in menus, captions and bios about Vatican City
- Sport: team line-ups, match threads and medal tables for VA, Vatican City
- In other languages: Spanish Ciudad del Vaticano, French État de la Cité du Vatican, German Vatikanstadt
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| flag: Vatican CityU+1F1FB U+1F1E6 | VA: the Vatican City flag | ISO code VA | |
| flag: FranceU+1F1EB U+1F1F7 | Near Vatican City: code FR | Europe, like Vatican City | |
| flag: RomaniaU+1F1F7 U+1F1F4 | Near Vatican City: code RO | Europe, like Vatican City | |
| flag: UkraineU+1F1FA U+1F1E6 | Near Vatican City: code UA | Europe, like Vatican City |
The Catholic flag emoji
Vatican City is the seat of the Catholic Church, so its flag serves as the Catholic flag emoji. The yellow and white vertical halves with the crossed keys and papal tiara are symbols of the Pope’s spiritual authority and the Vatican’s central role in Catholicism.
Catholics use 🇻🇦 to celebrate major feasts like Easter and Christmas, react to news from the Vatican, or mark a pilgrimage to Rome. It pairs naturally with other faith symbols such as 🙏 or 📿.
Questions people ask
What flag is 🇻🇦?
🇻🇦 is the flag of Vatican City — yellow and white vertical halves with the crossed keys and papal tiara on the white; one of the two square national flags.
How do I type the Vatican City flag emoji?
Search “Vatican City” in the emoji keyboard’s Flags section, type :flag_va: in Discord or Slack, or copy VA from this page: it is the regional indicators V and A.
Why does the Vatican City flag show as letters?
Windows has never shipped flag images, so the Vatican City flag becomes the letters V A there; every other major platform draws VA.
About this guide
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