"Union Jack" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Union Jacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Union Jack}} Union Jack (plural Union Jacks)
  1. The flag of the United Kingdom, consisting of the flags of England (St. George's Cross), Scotland (St. Andrew's Cross), and Ireland (St. Patrick's Cross, now only used in Northern Ireland) combined. Categories (place): United Kingdom Translations (flag of the UK): 米字旗 (Mǐzìqí) (Chinese Mandarin), יוניון ג'ק (Yunion Jaq) (Hebrew), ユニオンジャック (Yunion Jakku) (Japanese), युनियन जॅक (yuniyan jĕk) (Marathi), Ю́нион Джек (Júnion Džek) [masculine] (Russian), Юнио́н Джек (Junión Džek) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Union_Jack-en-noun-CoM--ekc Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 32 31 33 4 Disambiguation of 'flag of the UK': 47 0 27 27
  2. (by extension) The British Empire. Tags: broadly Categories (place): United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-Union_Jack-en-noun-BwTmInnJ Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 32 31 33 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 46 28 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 43 30 11
  3. (nautical, British) The flag, consisting of the flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland combined, flown on ships of the government of the United Kingdom. Tags: British Categories (topical): Nautical, Flags Categories (place): United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-Union_Jack-en-noun-ISbhVnbJ Disambiguation of Flags: 23 22 34 20 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 32 31 33 4 Categories (other): British English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 29 41 9 Topics: nautical, transport
  4. (nautical, US) The flag, consisting of the blue star-studded field in the corner of the national ensign, flown at the jackstaff by ships at anchor. Tags: US Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-Union_Jack-en-noun-b~ZPhchI Categories (other): American English Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (flag of the US (nautical)): Ю́нион Джек (Júnion Džek) [masculine] (Russian), Юнио́н Джек (Junión Džek) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'flag of the US (nautical)': 19 31 31 19

Inflected forms

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