Flag of the United States Virgin Islands

E154191

national symbol territorial flag

The Flag of the United States Virgin Islands features a simplified U.S. coat of arms with a golden eagle holding an olive branch and arrows between the blue initials “V” and “I” on a white field, symbolizing the territory’s connection to the United States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands canonical	3
flag of the United States Virgin Islands	2
Flag of the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands	1
Flag of the U.S. Virgin Islands	1
Flags of the United States Virgin Islands	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T811327 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the United States Virgin Islands
Context triple: [Flags of North America, includesFlagOf, Flag of the United States Virgin Islands]

A. Flag of the British Virgin Islands
The Flag of the British Virgin Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, featuring Saint Ursula and lamps, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
B. Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a vertical tricolour of blue, gold, and green featuring three green diamonds arranged in a V-shape, symbolizing the Caribbean nation’s islands and its nickname “the Gems of the Antilles.”
C. Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
D. Flag of Antigua and Barbuda
The Flag of Antigua and Barbuda is a distinctive national flag featuring a rising golden sun over black, blue, and white bands with red side panels, symbolizing the dawn of a new era, African heritage, the Caribbean Sea, and hope.
E. Flag of Anguilla
The Flag of Anguilla is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms featuring three orange dolphins, symbolizing unity, strength, and endurance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the United States Virgin Islands
Target entity description: The Flag of the United States Virgin Islands features a simplified U.S. coat of arms with a golden eagle holding an olive branch and arrows between the blue initials “V” and “I” on a white field, symbolizing the territory’s connection to the United States.

A. Flag of the British Virgin Islands
The Flag of the British Virgin Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, featuring Saint Ursula and lamps, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
B. Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a vertical tricolour of blue, gold, and green featuring three green diamonds arranged in a V-shape, symbolizing the Caribbean nation’s islands and its nickname “the Gems of the Antilles.”
C. Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
D. Flag of Antigua and Barbuda
The Flag of Antigua and Barbuda is a distinctive national flag featuring a rising golden sun over black, blue, and white bands with red side panels, symbolizing the dawn of a new era, African heritage, the Caribbean Sea, and hope.
E. Flag of Anguilla
The Flag of Anguilla is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms featuring three orange dolphins, symbolizing unity, strength, and endurance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national symbol ⓘ territorial flag ⓘ
adopted	1921 ⓘ
arrowsSymbolism	defense ⓘ
backgroundShape	rectangular ⓘ
category	Flags introduced in 1921 ⓘ Flags of United States territories ⓘ
country	United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
designBasedOn	Great Seal of the United States ⓘ
designer	Percival Wilson Sparks ⓘ
eagleColor	gold ⓘ
eagleHoldsInLeftClaw	three arrows ⓘ
eagleHoldsInRightClaw	olive branch ⓘ
eagleRepresents	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
features	arrows ⓘ blue letter I ⓘ blue letter V ⓘ golden eagle ⓘ olive branch ⓘ
fieldColor	white ⓘ
governmentUse	official flag of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
lettersMeaning	initials of Virgin Islands ⓘ
oliveBranchSymbolism	peace ⓘ
scriptOnFlag	letters V and I ⓘ
status	current flag of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
symbolizes	United States sovereignty over the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ connection to the United States ⓘ peace ⓘ readiness for defense ⓘ
usedBy	Government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ residents of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
usesColors	blue ⓘ brown ⓘ gold ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flags of North America → includesFlagOf → Flag of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ

Governor of the United States Virgin Islands → flag → Flag of the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ