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Ishtar

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Ish·tar  (shtär)
n. Mythology
The chief Babylonian and Assyrian goddess, associated with love, fertility, and war, being the counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte.

[Akkadian Itar; see tr in Semitic roots.]

Ishtar [ˈɪʃtɑː]
n
(Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) the principal goddess of the Babylonians and Assyrians; divinity of love, fertility, and war
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Noun1.IshtarIshtar - Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
Babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
Assyria - an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq


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