Ishtar

[ ish-tahr ]

noun
  1. the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.

Origin of Ishtar

1
First recorded in 1800–10; from East Semitic (Akkadian), corresponding to West Semitic (Phoenician) Astarte; cf. Ashtoreth, Astarte, Aphrodite
  • Also called My·lit·ta [mi-lit-uh] /mɪˈlɪt ə/ .

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Ishtar

/ (ˈɪʃtɑː) /


noun
  1. the principal goddess of the Babylonians and Assyrians; divinity of love, fertility, and war

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