Union Jack的词源
英文词源
- Union Jack
- 1670s, from union + jack (n.); properly a small British union flag flown as the jack of a ship, but it has long been in use as a general name for the union flag. The Union flag (1630s) was introduced to symbolize the union of the crowns of England and Scotland (in 1603) and was formed of a combination of the cross saltire of St. Andrew and the cross of St. George. The cross saltire of St. Patrick was added 1801 upon the union of parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland.
中文词源
来自Union Flag的别称，Jack为Jacobus的昵称，James对应的拉丁人名。通常认为来自1603年英格兰伊丽莎白女王过世后，由于没有子嗣，王位继承人顺延至其表亲苏格兰国王James VI，因此James VI同时成为英格兰和苏格兰的君主，其新制作的国旗称为Union Jack.
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