# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild

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I saw an interesting car and plate combo today. The car was a smallish one (I didn’t notice the make), and bright red.

With a narrow white stripe running from back to front, over the trunk and roof and presumably to the hood.

And on the stripe on the back, there was a green evergreen tree.

Licence plate: BEIRUT

So this:

🇱🇧

> **[Flag of Lebanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Lebanon)**
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> The national flag of Lebanon (Arabic: علم لبنان) is formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe. The white stripe is twice the height (width) of the red ones (ratio 1:2:1)—a Spanish fess. The green cedar (Lebanon cedar) in the middle touches each of the red stripes and its width is one third of the width of the flag.
> The presence and position of the Cedar in the middle of the flag is directly inspired by the Lebanese cedar (Cedrus libani). The Cedar is the symbol ...

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