The seal of

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

( French: ''Sceau de Madagascar'') includes an outline map of the island at the center (together with two smaller islands nearby-the

Glorioso Islands The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands (french: Îles Glorieuses or officially also ) are a group of French islands and rocks totaling . They are controlled by France as part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French Southern and ...

and

Tromelin Island Tromelin Island (; french: Île Tromelin, ) is a low, flat island in the Indian Ocean about north of Réunion and about east of Madagascar. Tromelin is administered as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a French Overseas Ter ...

), and below it the head of a

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. Colors used are

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green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...

yellow Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the R ...

black Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...

, and

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...

. Green and red

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emanate from the map, making it look like the

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and also the ''

Ravenala ''Ravenala'' is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants. Classically, the genus was considered to include a single species, ''Ravenala madagascariensis'', commonly known as the traveller's tree, traveller's palm or East-West palm, from Mada ...

'', a plant typical of Madagascar. The device is surrounded by the Malagasy words ''REPOBLIKAN'I MADAGASIKARA'' which means "Republic of Madagascar" and at the base ''TANINDRAZANA - FAHAFAHANA - FANDROSOANA'' meaning "Homeland - Liberty - Development". Various versions of the

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Article 4 have used other

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Gallery

File:Armoiries du Ranavalona II.png, Coat of arms of Queen

Ranavalona II Ranavalona II (1829 – 13 July 1883) was Queen regnant of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883, succeeding Queen Rasoherina, her first cousin. She is best remembered for Christianizing the royal court during her reign. Early life Ranavalona II was b ...

File:Coat of arms of the Merina Kingdom.svg, Coat of arms of the

Merina Kingdom The Merina Kingdom, or Kingdom of Madagascar, officially the Kingdom of Imerina (–1897), was a pre-colonial state off the coast of Southeast Africa that, by the 19th century, dominated most of what is now Madagascar. It spread outward from ...

in 1896 File:Badge of Madagascar (French protectorate).svg, Badge of French protectorate of Madagascar File:Seal of the Government-General of Madagascar.svg, Seal of the Government-General of Madagascar (1897 - 1958) File:Seal of the Government-General of Madagascar (1942).svg, Seal of the Government-General of Madagascar (1897 - 1958) File:Emblem of the Malagasy Republic.svg, Emblem of the

Malagasy Republic The Malagasy Republic ( mg, Repoblika Malagasy, french: République malgache) was a state situated in Southeast Africa. It was established in 1958 as an autonomous republic within the newly created French Community, became fully independent in ...

File:Seal of the Malagasy Republic.svg, Seal of the Malagasy Republic File:Emblem of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar.svg, Emblem of the

Democratic Republic of Madagascar The Democratic Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy, french: République démocratique de Madagascar) was a socialist state that existed on the island of Madagascar from 1975 to 1992. History Establishment (1975) Di ...

File:Seal of Madagascar (1993-1998).svg, Seal of the

Republic of Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

between 1993 and 1998

External links

FOTW page about Madagascar's coat of arms

Annex of the constitution
National symbols of Madagascar

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