Italian flag

Rome's national standard

The Italian flag is three vertical stripes of green, white, and red.

In slang, Italian flag describes a pizza margherita—its tomato, mozzarella, and basil matching the national colors.

The phrase also appears in sexual slang for a particular arrangement during group activity.

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pasta · pizza · gondola · Colosseum · Roma · Roman Empire · soccer · Ferrari · espresso · gelato · Vespa · Renaissance · la dolce vita · olive · olive oil · basilica · Leaning Tower · Milan

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national allegiance/identity

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Moscow's national banner

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color scheme

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United Kingdom's national flag

black flag · white flag · Swedish flag · American flag · Stars and Stripes

Family

Italy, Italian, Italians, Italianate, Italianize, flag, flags, flagged, flagging

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G