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1913
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Astarte
‖
As-tar′te
,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a Phœnician goddess.]
(Zool.)
A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.
Definition
2025
Astarte
Astarte
English
Alternative forms
Ashtoreth
Proper noun
Astarte
A
Semitic
goddess
of
fertility
,
sexuality
, and
war
; cognate in name, origin
,
and function with the goddess
Ishtar
of Mesopotamian texts.
Translations
Semitic goddess of fertility
Chinese:
Mandarin:
阿斯德爾特神
,
阿斯德尔特神
(
Āsīdé'ěrtè-shén
)
Finnish:
Astarte
Russian:
Аста́рта
(ru)
f
(
Astárta
)
Anagrams
atrates
tsarate
Etymology
Borrowing
from
Ancient Greek
Ἀστάρτη
(
Astártē
)
, from
Akkadian
𒀭𒈹
(
d
Ištar
)
.
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