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The flag of Greece officially recognized by Greece as one of its national symbols, is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolizes Eastern Orthodox Christianity. According to popular tradition, the nine stripes represent the nine syllables of the phrase Freedom or Death. |
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