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• A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
• (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
• (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
• Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
• A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
• (by extension) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
• (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
• (Internet) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
• (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
• A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China (хошуу/旗) and Tuva (кожуун), made during the divisions of Mongolia during Qing dynasty. At this time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided this way.