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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.

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IshmaeliteIshtar Terra
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