NOUN | person | Ishtar, Mylitta | Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love / love and fertility and war |
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Sounds | ih'shtaar | |
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Rhymes | Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar... |
Meaning | Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love / love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte. | |
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Synonym | Mylitta | |
Instance of | Semitic deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Semites |
Region | Assyria | An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq |
Babylon | The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia | |
Catalan | Ixtar |
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