flag: Malta waves in with two bold vertical stripes—white on the hoist, red on the fly—and that tiny but mighty George Cross tucked into the top-left, outlined in red. It nods to the WWII George Cross awarded to the Maltese people for bravery, a "we survived the blitz, thank you" energy baked right into the fabric. Think small island, big legacy, and a color combo you can spot from a mile away.
Online, people drop this flag to rep Maltese roots, hype Eurovision entries, celebrate a sun-drenched getaway, or cheer on the national team. It also shows up next to "pastizzi time" or "fenek night" like a foodie flex, and sometimes as a sassy "small but mighty" punchline in comment wars. Pair it with waves, sun, and a boat emoji and you’ve basically booked the Blue Lagoon in a caption.
On Apple/iOS, the flag appears as a glossy, slightly 3D rectangle waving on a silver pole, angled as if catching a sea breeze. The left half is crisp white, the right is saturated red, and the upper hoist sports a neat gray George Cross with a thin red outline—clean, beveled, and unmistakable. Subtle fabric folds and shading make it pop, and the proportions scream "screenshot me for geography trivia."
IRL vibes: Valletta’s honey-stone skyline, festa fireworks that could rival New Year’s, candy-colored luzzu boats with watchful eyes, and Comino’s Blue Lagoon calling your name. Pop-culture bonus: early Game of Thrones scenes filmed here; history bonus: Knights of St. John lore around every corner; language nerd bonus: Maltese mixes Semitic roots with Italian-English spice.
This emoji represents the country of Malta.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1631 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters MT Malta |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇲🇹 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇲🇹 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇲 🇹 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇲 🇹 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1f2, 1f1f9 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F2, U+1F1F9 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127474, 127481 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB9 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B2, F0 9F 87 B9 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 262, 360 237 207 271 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF2, 0xD83C 0xDDF9 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf2, d83cddf9 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56818, 55356 56825 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F2 0x0001F1F9 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F2, 01F1F9 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127474, 127481 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F2\U0001F1F9" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb2\xf0\x9f\x87\xb9" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF2\uD83C\uDDF9" |
