Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: oil (noun). a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water. oil, oil color, oil colour (noun). oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist.
The colors represent the clear skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first mass demonstration in favor of independence; the sun features are those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun. Argentina Flag - Colors.
Today, the flag continues to carry the 13 red and white alternating stripes and now displays 50 white, 5-pointed stars against a blue background, representing the 50 states. Although the colors of the flag did not originally hold a specific meaning, many people have since suggested the significance of the colors. Red represents valor and strength, white represents innocence and purity, and blue represents perseverance and justice. These are the same meanings attributed to the colors of the Great Seal. Other people suggest that the stars symbolize the heavens and the stripes symbolize rays of sunlight.