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Dictionary of Vexillology: Z (Zigzag - Zupa Gaiferia)

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ZIGZAG: See ‘serrated 2)’.

Civil Ensign of Taiwan (fotw)
ZIGZAG BORDER: See ‘flammulets 2)’ and ‘wolf's teeth 1).’

Royal Standard of Yugoslavia c1925 – 1937 (fotw
ZULFIKAR: A term for the split-bladed or double-pointed “Sword of Ali” (originally a symbol of - the Janissaries - an elite military formation of the Ottoman Empire) that has appeared on several Arab flags (see also ‘shahada’ and ‘takbir’).

Standard of the Bey of Tunis c1860 - 1957 (fotw); Standard of the Bey of Constantine c1836 (fotw)
ZUPA GAIFERIA: A medieval term, now obsolete, for the symbols (the flag and arms etc) of a society or of a state.
Please note that the information given above must be considered to a certain degree speculative, and it is suggested that it might be a Latinised version of an original term of uncertain origin.