What does 🌎 mean?
Globe showing the Americas: the world, travel, global topics, Earth Day.
Its official Unicode name is EARTH GLOBE AMERICAS and its CLDR short name is "globe showing Americas" (in Hungarian: "Amerikát mutató földgömb"). It belongs to the Travel & Places group and was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- Americas
- earth
- globe
- showing
- world
In Hungarian: Amerika, föld, földgömb, földrajz, világ
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🌎 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F30E. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- EARTH GLOBE AMERICAS
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- Amerikát mutató földgömb
- English name (CLDR)
- globe showing Americas
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- Group
- Travel & Places · place map
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :earth_americas:
Related emojis
- Globe showing Europe-Africa
- Globe showing Asia-Australia
- Globe with meridians
- World map
- Map of Japan
- Compass
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🌎 emoji mean?
Globe showing the Americas: the world, travel, global topics, Earth Day.
How do I type the 🌎 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "Americas".
When was the 🌎 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.7 (2014), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.