{"id":609,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/vexillology\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:23","slug":"vexillology","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/glossary\/vexillology\/","title":{"rendered":"Vexillology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Vexillology** is the scholarly study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags. The word was coined by the American scholar Whitney Smith in 1957 from Latin *vexillum*, a Roman cavalry standard, and the Greek suffix *-logia*. Vexillology encompasses the design, manufacture, protocol and cultural meaning of flags, and is organised internationally through the Federation internationale des associations vexillologiques (FIAV).<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: The North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), founded in 1967, promotes the vexillology of the Americas and publishes the journal *Raven*.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [vexilloid](\/glossary\/vexilloid\/), [vexillographic](\/glossary\/vexillographic\/), [fiav](\/glossary\/fiav\/), [flag-day](\/glossary\/flag-day\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-609","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}