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This article is about symbols of nations. For the Edwin Eugene Bagley march, see National Emblem.

A national emblem symbolically represents a nation. Most national emblems originate in the natural world, such as animals or birds, but another object may serve.

National emblems may appear on many things such as the national flag, coat of arms, or other patriotic materials. One should not confuse a formal national emblem with less formal symbols perhaps associated with tourism or clichés, for example windmills in the Netherlands. Many unofficial symbols are as or even more important than the official ones. However official symbols are defined by law, which guarantees the proper use of them.

The national emblems of nations of the world in alphabetical order.

National animals (National fauna)

Argentina – Puma and Rufous Hornero (bird)
Armenia - Eagle and Lion
Australia – Kangaroo, Emu, Koala
Austria – Eagle (Bundesadler)
Bangladesh – Royal Bengal Tiger (national animal), Magpie Robin (national bird)
Belarus – Wisent
Belgium – Lion (Leo Belgicus)
Belize- Baird's Tapir
Bhutan - Takin (Budorcas taxicolor tibetana)
Bolivia – Llama
Brazil – Rufous-bellied Thrush (bird) and Jaguar
Brittany – Stoat
Bulgaria – Lion
Cambodia – Kouprey (mammal), Giant Ibis (bird), Asian river terrapin (reptile), Giant barb (fish)^[1]
Canada – Beaver, Canadian Horse
Chile – Condor, Huemul
People's Republic of China – Sparrow (official bird), Giant panda (mammal), Chinese dragon (historical)
Colombia – Andean Condor
Cornwall (United Kingdom)- Red-billed Chough(unofficial)
Costa Rica – cattleya skinneri (flower), Clay-colored Robin (bird), Enterolobium cyclocarpum (tree)
Croatia - Dalmatian, Marten
Cyprus – Cyprus Mouflon
Cuba - Cuban Crocodile
Czech Republic – Double-tailed Lion
Denmark – Lion
Dominican Republic - Palmchat (official), Ashy-faced Owl, Hispaniolan Parrot
East Timor – Crocodile
Ecuador -Andean Condor
Egypt – Saladin's Eagle
El Salvador - Turquoise-browed Motmot - Eumomota superciliosa (Torogoz)
Eritrea – Camel
Estonia – Barn Swallow
Ethiopia - Abyssinian Lion (also known as the Lion of Judah)
Finland – Lion, Whooper Swan, Brown Bear, European perch, Ladybird
France – Gallic rooster
Germany – Eagle (Bundesadler)
Greece - Athenian Owl (obsolete)
Guatemala – Quetzal
Guyana - Canje Pheasant and Jaguar
Haiti - Hispaniolan Trogon (official), Hispaniolan Parrot
Hungary - Turul
Iceland – Falcon
India, Republic of – Bengal Tiger (national animal); Peacock (national bird); Indian Elephant (unofficial)
Iran - Lion
Ireland - Irish Wolfhound or Irish Setter , Red Deer,(unofficial)Mountain Hare(unofficial)
Israel - Hoopoe
Italy – Italian Wolf (unofficial)
Indonesia – Garuda (Brahminy Kite), Komodo dragon
Jamaica – Green-and-black Streamertail
Japan – Pheasant
North Korea - Siberian Tiger
South Korea – Magpie (unofficial bird), Korean tiger (unofficial animal)
Laos – Elephant
Republic of Macedonia - Lion (in Macedonian heraldry), Lynx, Ohrid trout
Malaysia – Malayan Tiger, Hibiscus (national flower)
Maldives – Yellowfin tuna
Malta – Blue Rock Thrush (bird), Kelb-tal Fenek (dog)
Mexico – Golden Eagle
Moldova – Aurochs
Montenegro – Lion, Montenegrin Mountain Hound
Nepal – Cow
Netherlands – Lion
New Zealand– Kiwi
Nicaragua - Turquoise-browed Motmot
Northern Ireland – Elk, Deer
Norway – Lion, Goldcrest
Ossetia - Snow Leopard
Pakistan – Markhor (national animal); Chukar (national bird); Snow Leopard (state animal); Peregrine Falcon (state bird)
- Islamabad Capital Territory - Rhesus Macaque (territorial animal); Rose-ringed Parakeet (territorial bird)
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir - Kashmir stag (state animal); Black-necked crane (state bird)
- North-West Frontier Province - Kabul Markhor (provincial animal); White-crested Kalij Pheasant (provincial bird)
- Balochistan (Pakistan) - Dromedary camel (provincial animal); Houbara bustard (provincial bird)
- Sindh - Sindh Ibex (provincial animal); Spot-billed pelican (provincial bird)
- Punjab (Pakistan) - Blackbuck (provincial animal); Peacock (provincial bird)
Palestine - Palestine Sunbird
Panama – Harpy Eagle
Papua New Guinea - Bird of Paradise
Peru - Vicuña (animal), Andean Cock-of-the-rock (bird).
Philippines – Philippine Eagle (National bird), Carabao (National animal)
Poland – White Eagle, White Stork (unofficial)
Portugal – Galo de Barcelos (rooster), Dragon
Qatar - Oryx
Romania – Golden Eagle
Russia – Bear, Golden Bicephalic Eagle
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Vervet Monkey (mammal), Brown Pelican (bird)
Serbia – White Bicephalic Eagle
Singapore – Merlion, Lion
Slovenia - Olm, Lipizzan
South Africa – Springbok Antelope, Elephant
Soviet Union – Siberian Tiger
Spain – Bull (as Osborne bull)
Sri Lanka – Lion
Sudan – Secretary Bird
Sweden – Lion, Mountain Hare
Republic of China (Taiwan) – Seema^{[citation needed]}
Thailand – Thai Elephant
Trinidad and Tobago - Scarlet Ibis (bird of Trinidad), Rufous-vented Chachalaca (bird of Tobago)
Turkey - Grey Wolf
United Arab Emirates - Peregrine Falcon, Arabian Horse
Uganda – Grey Crowned Crane
United Kingdom – Lion and Unicorn

National personifications

See: National personification

Plants (National flora)

See Floral emblem

Trees

Antigua - whitewood
Albania – Olive
Australia - Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha)
Argentina – Jacaranda
Bangladesh - Banyan
Belize – Honduras Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
Bhutan - Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus cashmeriana)
Brazil – Tabebuia alba, Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata, unofficial), Roystonea oleracea (obsolete)
Cambodia – Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer)^[1]
Canada – Maple
Chile - Araucaria araucana
People's Republic of China - Ginseng
Colombia – Quindio wax palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense)
Cuba] - Palma Real (Roystonea regia)^[2]
Cyprus – Golden oak
Czech Republic – lime
Denmark – beech
Dominican Republic - West Indian Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni)^[3]
El Salvador - Maquilishuat - (Tabebuia Rosea)
Estonia – oak
Finland – birch, Silver Birch
Germany – oak
Greece - olive
Guatemala – ceiba
India – Banyan, Mango
Indonesia - Teak
Ireland - Sessile Oak
Israel - Olive
Italy - Elm
Jamaica - Blue Mahoe (Talipariti elatum)
Japan – Cherry blossom
South Korea – ginkgo, magnolia
Lebanon – Lebanon Cedar
Madagascar – baobab
Maldives – Coconut palm
Malta – Għargħar
Moldova – oak
Nepal - Rhododendron
New Zealand - Silver fern
Pakistan – Deodar (national tree); Mango tree (state tree)
- Islamabad Capital Territory - Common fig (territorial tree)
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir - Almond tree (state tree)
- North-West Frontier Province - Juniperus squamata (provincial tree)
- Balochistan (Pakistan) - Date palm (provincial tree)
- Sindh - Capparis decidua (provincial tree)
- Punjab - Pomegranate (provincial tree)
Palestine - ?
Panama – Panama tree (Sterculia apetala)
Paraguay – lapacho (Tabebuia impetiginosa)
Peru - Cinchona - Kiwicha
Philippines – narra
Portugal - Olive tree, Cork oak
Quebec – Yellow Birch, Maple
Russia – Birch tree
Saudi Arabia – Phoenix palm
Senegal – baobab
Serbia – oak and Serbian Spruce (Picea omorika) *Sicily - Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses
Slovakia - linden
Slovenia – Tilia (linden)
South Africa – real yellowwood
Sri Lanka - Na (Mesua nagasarium)
Tanzania - African Blackwood
Thailand - Rachapruek (Cassia fistula)
Ukraine – pine, Willow
United Kingdom – Royal Oak

Wales - Welsh (Sessile) Oak (Quercus petraea)
Scotland – Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris),

United States – oak
Uruguay - Peltophorum dubium
Venezuela – Araguaney (Tabebuia chrysantha)
Vietnam - bamboo, rice

Inanimate objects

Alaska - Big Dipper and North Star
Albania – castle of Kruja
Argentina – Yerba mate
Armenia – Mount Ararat
Australia – Southern Cross (5 stars), Federation Star
Azerbaijan – fire
Brazil – Southern Cross, Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf Mountain
Canada - CN Tower (unofficial)
People's Republic of China – Tiananmen, The Great Wall
Chile - Pisco
Cambodia – Angkor Wat
Colombia – Poporo Quimbaya
Croatia – checkerboard (šahovnica), Croatian wattle
Denmark - The Round Tower
Estonia – limestone
France - Eiffel Tower (unofficial), Mona Lisa (unofficial), Louvre (unofficial)
Germany - Brandenburg Gate (unofficial), swastika (obsolete)
Greece - Parthenon (unofficial)
Guatemala - Temple I of Tikal, St. Clara's Arch in Antigua Guatemala, Lake Atitlan
India – the Lion Capital of Asoka, spinning wheel
Iran - Takht e Jamshid (Perspolis)
Ireland – celtic harp called a clairseach (official), harp on coat of arms etc (official), Celtic Cross, Newgrange
Israel – the menorah
Italy – Leaning Tower of Pisa (unofficial), Colosseum (unofficial), Venetian gondola (unofficial)
Japan – the Sun, depicted without rays, Mount Fuji
Laos - the Pha That Luang
Malta - Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Azure Window
New Zealand – Southern Cross (4 stars)
Pakistan - Minar-e-Pakistan (Tower of Pakistan) and Teen Talwar (Three Swords) (All unofficial)
Pennsylvania - Keystone
Philippines - Eight-Rayed Sun and Three Stars
Peru - Machu Picchu, Pisco and Cajón.
Poland - the old Castle
Portugal - Belém Tower, Armillary sphere
Quebec - Ceinture fléchée, Maple syrup, Château Frontenac, Percé Rock
Russia - Moscow Kremlin
Saudi Arabia – the sword of a thousand truths
Scotland - Tartan (Various)
Serbia – Serbian cross, Blackbird Field
Sicily - Mount Etna, Sicilian cart
Slovenia - Triglav with Aljaž Tower
South Carolina - Crescent Moon (with or without Palm Tree)
Soviet Union – Hammer and sickle, red five-pointed star
Sweden – Three Crowns
Switzerland – Alphorn
Republic of China (Taiwan) – Blue Sky with a White Sun
United Kingdom - The Crown (currently St. Edward's Crown), Big Ben (unofficial)
United States - Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Liberty Bell
Vietnam - Văn Miếu

Nationalized patriotic symbols

Acadia - Acadian Flag, Flag of France
Argentina – Sun of May
Australia – Southern Cross
Bangladesh - Red Sun
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lilium bosniacum
Bhutan - Dragon
Brittany – Ermine
Canada – Maple Leaf
Chile - Lonely Star
People's Republic of China - The Great Wall
Croatia – Checkerboard
England – St George's Cross, Three Lions
Finland - Finland's Lion
France – Fleur-de-lis (Ancien Régime)
Germany – Iron Cross
Greece - Greek Cross, Vergina Sun
Hungary - Patriarchal cross and three mountains, Árpád's lines, Holy Crown
India – Ashoka Chakra, Lion Capital of Asoka
Indonesia – Garuda Pancasila
Iran - Lion and Sun, Coat of arms of Iran
Ireland – harp, shamrock
Isle of Man – Triskelion
Israel – Star of David
Italy - Savoyard Cross (obsolete)
Japan - Chrysanthemum Throne, Imperial Seal of Japan
South Korea – Yin Yang
Lebanon – Phoenician Longship (obsolete)
Republic of Macedonia - Vergina Sun (obsolete), eight-rayed sun
Malaysia – Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Stars)
Malta – George Cross, Maltese Cross
Northern Ireland – red hand
Oman - National Emblem of Oman
Pakistan – Star and crescent (unofficial)
Poland - White Eagle (Orzeł Biały)
Portugal - Armillary sphere, The five Quinas (escutcheons), Cross of the Order of Christ, Cross of the Order of Aviz (obsolete)
Quebec – Flag of Quebec, Patriote flag, Flag of France, Fleur-de-lis, Le Vieux de '37
Serbia – Serbian cross
Sicily - Triskelion
Singapore – Lion head
Sri Lanka - Lion and Sword
Slovakia – patriarchal cross and three mountains
Scotland – Saltire or St Andrew's Cross
Spain - Pillars of Hercules
Sweden - Three Crowns
Switzerland – Swiss cross
Turkey – star and crescent
Ukraine – Tryzub
United Kingdom - The Union Jack
United States - Statue of Liberty
Uruguay – Sun of May
Vietnam - Yellow lotus
Wales - Welsh Dragon (Y Ddraig Goch)
Europe - 12 yellow stars arranged in a circle representing the Europe - first adopted by the Council of Europe which is does not have a link with the European Union in 1955 and then adopted by the European Union in 1986

Patron saints

Acadia - Sainte Anne
Argentina - Virgin of Luján
Austria - Saint Leopold
Brazil - Our Lady of Aparecida
Brittany - Sant-Erwann and Santez Anna
Bulgaria - Saint John of Rila
Canada - Jean de Brébeuf and the seven other Canadian Martyrs
Canada (French) - John the Baptist, Saint Anne, Jean de Brébeuf and the seven other Canadian Martyrs
Catalonia - Saint George
China - Mary, Queen of China, Joseph the Betrothed, Francis Xavier
Colombia - Sacred Heart
Cornwall - Saint Piran
Croatia - Saint Joseph
Cyprus - Mary, Lazarus, Barnabas and Paul
Czech Republic - Saint Vojtěch (Adalbert), Saint Wenceslas
Denmark - Saint Knud
England - Saint George, Saint Edward the Confessor (obsolete) Saint Alban (unofficial)
Estonia - Saint Mary (historical)
Ethiopia - Saint George
Europe- Saint Benedict, Saints Cyril and Methodius
Finland - Saint Henry
France - Saint Louis IX
Galicia - Saint James the Great
Georgia - Saint George, Saint Nina
Germany - Saint Michael (Patron of the German People), Saint Boniface (Apostle of the Germans)
- Bavaria - Mary
- Bremen - Saint Peter
- Silesia - Saint Hedwig of Silesia
- Thuringia - Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia
Greece - Mary, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint Nicholas
Hungary - Mary, Saint Steven of Hungary
Iceland - Saint Þorlac
Ireland - Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid of Kildare, Saint Colmcille
Italy - Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Siena
North Korea, South Korea - Andrew Kim Taegon
Lebanon - Saint Maron
Malta - Saint Paul of Tarsus, Saint Publius, Saint George Preca
Mexico - Our Lady of Guadalupe
Montenegro - Saint George
Northern Ireland - Saint Patrick
Norway - Saint Olav
Ossetia - Uastyrdzhi
Philippines - Mary, the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Blessed Perdo Calunsod
Poland - Our Lady of Czestochowa, Saint Wojciech (Adalbert)
Portugal - Saint George (obsolete), Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Anthony of Lisbon and Our Lady of Fatima
Quebec - John the Baptist, Saint Anne, Jean de Brébeuf and the seven other Canadian Martyrs
Romania - Saint Andrew, Saint John of Vlakh
Russia - Mary, Saint Nicholas, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint Alexander Nevsky, Saint Sergius of the Radonezh, Saint Seraphimus of the Sarov
Scotland - Saint Andrew and Saint Columba
Serbia - Saint Sava *Sicily - Saint Mary Odigitria
Spain - Saint James the Great
Sweden - Saint Eric, Saint Birgitta
United States - Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Venezuela - Our Lady of Coromoto
Wales - Saint David

References

^ ^a ^b "ROYAL DECREE on Designation of Animals and Plants as National Symbols of the Kingdom of Cambodia" (PDF). Forestry Administration of Cambodia. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
^ "Cuban Royal Palm (Roystonea regia), national tree of Cuba". Cuba Naturaleza. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
^ "History of the Dominican Republic". Real Estate Las Terrenas. Retrieved 2009-01-26.

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 *[[Oman]] - [[National Emblem of Oman]]
 *[[Pakistan]] – [[Star and crescent]] (unofficial)
-*[[Poland]] - [[White Eagle]] (Orzeł Biały)
+*[[Poland]] - [[Coat of arms of Poland|White Eagle]] (Orzeł Biały)
 *[[Portugal]] - [[Armillary sphere]], [[Coat of arms of Portugal|The five ''Quinas'' (escutcheons)]], [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Cross of the Order of Christ]], [[Order of Aviz|Cross of the Order of Aviz]] (obsolete)
 *[[Quebec]] – [[Flag of Quebec]], [[Patriote flag]], [[Flag of France]], [[Fleur-de-lis]], [[Le Vieux de '37]]

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