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How to spell flag
Flag is spelled F-L-A-G.
What it means: A piece of fabric used for signaling.
In a sentence: The flag waved proudly in the breeze.
Same family: flags, flagpole, flagship, flagging. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Flag comes from an old word in Scandinavian languages meaning a piece of cloth that flaps or flies in the wind. Over time, it came to mean the special cloth used to show a country, group, or signal.
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