英国国旗为什么叫the union jack

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Answer 1

　　英国国旗俗称“米字旗”，正式称呼是“the Union Flag"，也常常称为“the Union Jack”。Jack是海军用语，指悬挂在舰首的旗帜，英国军舰舰首都悬挂国旗，因而得名。Union Flag是意为“联合旗帜”。它是深蓝底色的红白米字旗。这面旗帜由英格兰的白底红色正十字旗，苏格兰的蓝底白色斜十字旗和爱尔兰的白底红色斜十字旗合一而成。后来爱尔兰岛的一部分脱离了英国，国旗也未再改变。国旗上没有代表威尔士地区的形象，因为设计时，威尔士早已与英格兰合并了。英国国旗上的十字分别代表英格兰守护神圣乔治、苏格兰守护神圣安德鲁以及爱尔兰守护神圣帕特里克。
　　英格兰圣乔治的白底红十字旗产生于1200年， 随后被英格兰采纳为国旗。苏格兰的圣安德鲁的蓝地白色“X”型十字旗，最早于8世纪时出现，但直至13世纪时才被苏格兰正式用作国旗。1606年，詹姆斯一世统一英格兰和苏格兰时，将这两面旗帜图案重叠起来，作为大不列颠的国旗。英国国旗的历史最早可追溯到1606年。 1603年，当时英格兰和苏格兰拥有了同一位国王，在英格兰的名叫詹姆士一世，在苏格兰的名叫詹姆士六世。
　　1606年4月12日制定的国旗，是由英格兰的圣乔治十字旗和苏格兰的圣安德鲁旗交叉合并而成，但和现今的有点不一样，没有红色的斜杠（所谓的圣帕特里克十字）。
　　爱尔兰的圣帕特里克的白地红色“x"型十字旗，最早是爱尔兰菲茨诺德家族的旗帜；1801年，爱尔兰与大不列颠联合组成王国后，这面旗帜又与大不列颠国旗重叠，最后形成了大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国的这面构图奇特的“米字旗”。
　　参考链接：英国国旗_百度百科
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Answer 2

Union指1606年英格兰和苏格兰的联合。Jack意为悬挂在船首表示国籍的小旗。 Jack是海军用语,指悬挂在舰首的旗帜,英国军舰舰首都悬挂国旗,因而得名。... 追问： 好像有个来源故事的，麻烦了 回答： 联合王国国旗(英国国旗)union jackJack是海军用语,指悬挂在舰首的旗帜,英国军舰舰首都悬挂国旗,因而得名。The issue of whether it is acceptable to use the term "Union Jack" is one that causes considerable controversy. Although it is often asserted that "Union Jack" should only be used for the flag when it is flown as a jack (a small flag flown at the bow of a ship), it is not universally accepted that the "Jack" of "Union Jack" is a reference to such a jack flag; other explanations have been put forward [1]. The term possibly dates from the early 1700s, but its origin is uncertain. The word Jack may have come from the name of the James VI, King of Scots who inherited the English crown, causing the flag to be designed, that is Jac from Jacobus, Latin for James. The size and power of the Royal Navy internationally at the time could also explain why the flag was nicknamed the "Union Jack" considering the navy was so widely utilized and renowned by the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries it is possible that the term "Jack" did occur due to its regular usage on all British ships using the "Jack Staff" (a flag pole attached to a ship on the bow). Even if the term "Union Jack" does derive from the jack flag (as perhaps seems most likely), after three centuries, it is now sanctioned by usage, has appeared in official usage, and remains the popular term. The BBC website disregards the term "union flag" because of its "great potential for confusion", preferring union jack (in lower case)[2] The term "Union Flag", on the other hand, is the term preferred in official documents by vexillologists. The Merchant Shipping Act 1995[3] refers to the national colours of the United Kingdom as "the Union flag (commonly known as the Union Jack)". 追问： 这个来源故事可以是中文的吗本回答被提问者采纳