| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Ishtar |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ish·tar |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   sh tär |
| NOUN: | Mythology The chief Babylonian and Assyrian goddess, associated with love, fertility, and war, being the counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Akkadian I tar. See c tr in Appendix II.
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