American flag
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- noun
- /əˈmɛrɪkən flæɡ/
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bandera de Estados Unidos
- I have a small American flag that I put in my front yard.
- fly an American flag
- a display of American flags
- American flag is a symbol
I could see that American flag flying in a blue sky.
- I could see that American flag flying in a blue sky.
- It's the largest American flag in in North America.
- But otherwise, you don't, you don't see a lot of American flags here in Los Angeles.
- So we, so we spray painted a flag, an American flag onto the floor.
- Ford puts a little American flag on it's pickup truck.
- JD Vance appeals to white guys who hang a bunch of American flags.
- It was like a Oval, Oval shape with an eagle on it and the American flag.
- It was more east, but some guy rode through here with Harley-Davidson, an American flag.
- Fake, woke, the system, your America, American flags, race war.
- But a bunch of MAGA people that like to try hump the American flag want a dictator.
- OK, why do you have an American passport and why do you have the American flag tattooed entire?
Examples
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How come our American flag wasn't flying today?
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But the one thing you can be sure of is that the world will watch Americans plant an American flag on the moon.
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I could see that American flag flying in a blue sky.
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I knew before you told me that you got an American flag in your home.
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David stood up and saw that the American flag was already flying.
Academic text (1990) -
Our competition across the street flew an American flag, and it was now almost invisible.
Fiction book (1999) -
Beyond the barred window, an American flag flies over the parade ground.
Fiction book (1993) -
The house itself was stately; an American flag flew from a tall white mast in front.
Fiction book (1999) -
Each year on July Fourth, we wave the American flag proudly during the celebrations.
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There are fifty stars in the American flag, representing the fifty states of the union.
Synonyms
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A piece of cloth used as a symbol for a country or group
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The national flag of the United States with stars and horizontal stripes
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The national flag of the United States with stars and stripes that stands for the country
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A piece of cloth that officially represents a country
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A common name for the United States flag
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'American' (connected with the United States) modifies 'flag' (a piece of cloth flown as an emblem), so the combined meaning 'the flag of the United States' is directly derivable. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and contains no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
American flag is the national banner of the United States, with thirteen stripes for the first colonies and fifty stars for the states. Because the stripes and stars stand for parts of the country, the flag is used as a symbol of the 'nation' and 'national pride'.