HyperDic: ishtar

English > 1 sense of the word Ishtar:
NOUNperson Ishtar, MylittaBabylonian and Assyrian goddess of love / love and fertility and war
Ishtar > pronunciation
Soundsih'shtaar
RhymesAdar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar...
English > Ishtar: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningBabylonian and Assyrian goddess of love / love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte.
SynonymMylitta
Instance ofSemitic deityA deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
RegionAssyriaAn ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
BabylonThe chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
CatalanIxtar

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