How did people describe flags and banners using Latin?

1. What is the Latin phrase on the flag?
2. What flag has Latin words?
3. How do you describe flags?
4. What were flags used to be called?

What is the Latin phrase on the flag?

"E Pluribus Unum" was the motto proposed for the first Great Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. A latin phrase meaning "One from many," the phrase offered a strong statement of the American determination to form a single nation from a collection of states.

What flag has Latin words?

There are nine Latin words on the Michigan state flag - more than any other flag in the United States.

How do you describe flags?

a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.

What were flags used to be called?

Flags of various forms and purpose are known as colours, standards, banners, ensigns, pendants (or pennants), pennons, guidons, and burgees.