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Ish•tar
Pronunciation: (ish'tär), [key]—
n.
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna. Also called
Mylitta. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.