Prince's Flag

proper noun

A Dutch historical flag, originally used by the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years War, with three horizontal stripes: orange, white, and blue.

OriginDutch prinsenvlag →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A Dutch historical flag, originally used by the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years War, with three horizontal stripes: orange, white, and blue.

Origin

  1. Dutchprinsenvlag
  2. EnglishPrince's Flag

A calque of the Dutch prinsenvlag, from prins (“prince”) + vlag (“flag”), so called because it was based on the Flag of Prince William of Orange-Nassau.

More words from Dutch

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Dutch prinsenvlag
  • prinsenvlagDutch historical flag
Cite this entry
APA

Prince's Flag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prince's%20Flag

MLA

“Prince's Flag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prince's%20Flag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Prince's Flag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prince's%20Flag.

Source: Prince's Flag on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.