The seven stars are a pictorial of the asterism called the big dipper or plough.
The large single star is a pictorial of the North Star or Polaris.
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Alasks flag is Blue with 7 small stars and one big one
There are 8 stars on the Alaskan flag. Each star has 5 points. Each star has 10 distinguishable sides.
8 Stars, 7 little ones and 1 big one :D
The Alaskan Flag is blue with seven gold stars forming the Big Dipper and a larger star representing the State.
The Alaska flag has a blue field with eight yellow stars. The seven smaller stars represent the Big Dipper (an asterism in the constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear); the large star represents the North Star, also called Polaris (representing Alaska's northern location).
Malaysia's flag is called "Stars and Stripes"
Because the flag of the United States has always been called the Stars and Stripes. That is the reason for the stars on the flag.
Stars & Bars.
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The US flag is often called Old Glory or The Stars & Stripes.
The Confederate National Flag was called the Stars and Bars. The flag that most people are familiar with, the blue diagonal cross with thirteen white stars set on a red field is the battle flag which is mistakenly called by the same name. It is called the Southern Cross.
The British of course , when Alaska was first discovered an Alaskan and a British settled and the British made the flag then moved to Britain .