Ishtar
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Ish·tar
(ĭsh′tär′)n. Mythology
The chief Babylonian and Assyrian goddess, associated with love, fertility, and war, being the counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte.
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Ishtar
(ˈɪʃtɑː)n
(Non-European Myth & Legend) the principal goddess of the Babylonians and Assyrians; divinity of love, fertility, and war
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Ish•tar
(ˈɪʃ tɑr)n.
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte and the Semitic Ashtoreth.
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| Noun | 1. |  Ishtar - Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician AstarteBabylon - 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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