Meanings
nounquarantine flag (plural quarantine flags)
plural quarantine flags
- nauticalA black and yellow flag (signal flag LIMA) formerly hoisted by a ship to show that it has contagious or infectious disease aboard, or by a ship that has been quarantined. This use was listed in Brown’s 1916 code of signals, but this use is no longer listed in contemporary editions of the International Code of Signals.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 檢疫旗 /检疫旗
- 檢疫旗 /检疫旗 (jiǎnyìqí)yellow flag
Finnish karanteenilippu
- karanteenilippuyellow flag
French drapeau jaune
- drapeau jauneyellow flag
Japanese 検疫信号, 検疫旗
- 検疫信号 (ken'eki shingō)yellow flag
- 検疫旗 (ken'ekiki)yellow flag
Russian жёлтый флаг, каранти́нный флаг
- жёлтый флаг (žóltyj flag)yellow flag
- каранти́нный флаг (karantínnyj flag)yellow flag
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Chicago
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