🇺🇲 Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands Emoji

01 — Meaning

What does the 🇺🇲 Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji mean?

In plain english

🇺🇲 is the flag for the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, a scattered group of remote Pacific and Caribbean islands. Classic “what even is this flag” material. 🇺🇲 sits in flag emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way.

Where it comes from

🇺🇲 covers the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, a legal grouping of scattered, mostly uninhabited spots like Midway Atoll, Wake Island, and Baker Island, spread across the Pacific and one in the Caribbean. There’s no single culture tying them together, so it lives mainly in flag-emoji trivia.

Also known as

One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 1 of them.

flag emoji

02 — Platforms

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the flag: u.s. outlying islands as 5 vendors ship it.

AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS

GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome

Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps

FacebookFacebook, Messenger

OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji copy and paste

Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :flag-um:.

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In your code

Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F1FA.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🇺🇲 Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji

Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F1FA when there is no key at all.

iPhone & iPad

Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “flag: u.s. outlying islands”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.

Android

On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.

Windows & Mac

Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “flag: u.s. outlying islands”.

Slack & Discord

Type the shortcode :flag-um: and it converts to 🇺🇲 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.

Websites & code

In HTML use 🇺🇲, in CSS \1F1FA\1F1F2, in JavaScript \u{1F1FA}\u{1F1F2}.

No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji PNG and SVG

Grab the flag: u.s. outlying islands as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 5 of them.

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Apple PNG · 160px

Google PNG · 160px

Twitter / X SVG vector

Facebook PNG · 64px

OpenMoji SVG vector

06 — Combinations

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around flag: u.s. outlying islands for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

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Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.

07 — In conversation

What 🇺🇲 means from a girl or a guy

Who sent the flag: u.s. outlying islands and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.

From a girl

A girl sending 🇺🇲 is almost certainly poking fun at how random and unrecognizable the flag is, usually mid flag-guessing game with friends. It’s rarely, if ever, a reference to an actual trip anyone’s taking.

From a guy

A guy sending 🇺🇲 tends to use it the same way — a trivia flex or a joke about the most obscure flag on the emoji keyboard. Some also drop it referencing Midway Island’s WWII history as a genuine fact rather than a joke.

How to reply

If someone sends you 🇺🇲, you could reply with: “that’s not a real country 😂,” “Midway Island right?,” or “okay this one’s impossible.”

Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🇺🇲 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

Chat apps do not change U+1F1FA, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.

TikTok & Instagram

🇺🇲 is the flag for the U. S. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.

WhatsApp draws 🇺🇲 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🇺🇲 in it is shown enlarged.

Discord & Slack

Both accept the shortcode :flag-um:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🇺🇲 looks different there than on your phone.

Outlook & email

Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🇺🇲 from the copy button above.

09 — Related

Emojis similar to the Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji

Same family (country-flag) — often confused with flag: u.s. outlying islands or used alongside it.

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Flag: Bhutan

Flag: Bolivia

Flag: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Flag: Botswana

Flag: Brazil

Flag: British Indian Ocean Territory

Flag: British Virgin Islands

Flag: Brunei

Flag: Bulgaria

Flag: Burkina Faso

Flag: Burundi

Flag: Cambodia

Collections 🇺🇲 belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:

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10 — Difference

🇺🇲 vs 🇧🇹 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🇺🇲 Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands

Unicode name: Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands

Code: U+1F1FA U+1F1F2 · added 2015

Shortcode: :flag-um:

🇺🇲 is the flag for the U.

🇧🇹 Flag: Bhutan

Unicode name: Flag: Bhutan

Code: U+1F1E7 U+1F1F9 · added 2015

Shortcode: :flag-bt:

Generally, when someone uses the 🇧🇹 emoji, they’re simply referencing the flag of Bhutan.

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11 — History

Where the 🇺🇲 Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji came from

It arrived with the 2.0 release of the standard, which dates the flag: u.s. outlying islands to 2015.

Twitter / XTwemoji

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16 — Twemoji 16

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17 — Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F1FA U+1F1F2 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

2015

Added to the standard

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands was approved as U+1F1FA U+1F1F2 and shipped in Emoji 2.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

Today

Drawn 5 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🇺🇲 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

12 — FAQ

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🇺🇲 Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji mean?

🇺🇲 is the flag for the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, a scattered group of remote Pacific and Caribbean islands. Classic “what even is this flag” material.

What does 🇺🇲 mean from a girl?

A girl sending 🇺🇲 is almost certainly poking fun at how random and unrecognizable the flag is, usually mid flag-guessing game with friends. It’s rarely, if ever, a reference to an actual trip anyone’s taking.

What does 🇺🇲 mean from a guy?

A guy sending 🇺🇲 tends to use it the same way — a trivia flex or a joke about the most obscure flag on the emoji keyboard. Some also drop it referencing Midway Island’s WWII history as a genuine fact rather than a joke.

How do you reply to the 🇺🇲 emoji?

If someone sends you 🇺🇲, you could reply with: “that’s not a real country 😂,” “Midway Island right?,” or “okay this one’s impossible.”

What else is the 🇺🇲 emoji called?

Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “flag emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F1FA U+1F1F2.

What is the Unicode code for 🇺🇲?

The Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands emoji is U+1F1FA U+1F1F2, added in Emoji 2.0 (2015). In HTML you can write it as 🇺🇲, and in CSS as \1F1FA\1F1F2.

How do I copy and paste the 🇺🇲 emoji?

Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🇺🇲 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :flag-um: for Slack and Discord.

Does 🇺🇲 look the same on every phone?

No. Flag: U.S. Outlying Islands is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook and OpenMoji all ship their own artwork for U+1F1FA. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.