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Star of Ishtar, an ancient symbol associated with the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar; Star and crescent, an Islamic symbol; The Star (Tarot card), one of the Major Arcana; Druze star, a symbol of the Druze religion; Marian star, a six-pointed star used as a Roman Catholic symbol of celestial objects; Rub el Hizb, a common Islamic symbol
In typography, a star is any of several glyphs with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle. A commonly used star symbol is the asterisk . Four points
A five-pointed star. A five-pointed star (☆), geometrically an equilateral concave decagon, is a common ideogram in modern culture. Comparatively rare in classical heraldry, it was notably introduced for the flag of the United States in the Flag Act of 1777 and since has become widely used in flags.
The star and crescent symbol is found in flags of states succeeding the Ottoman Empire, which used flags with this symbol during 1793-1923. The twelve stars on the Flag of Europe (1955) symbolize unity. [12] The green five-pointed star on the Esperanto flag (1890) symbolizes the five inhabited continents. The 50 stars of the US flag is the ...
The five-pointed star is a symbol of the Baháʼí Faith. [28] [29] In the Baháʼí Faith, the star is known as the Haykal (Arabic: "temple"), and it was initiated and established by the Báb. The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh wrote various works in the form of a pentagram. [30] [31]
A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...
The star, or Sun, is often shown within the arc of the crescent (also called star in crescent, or star within crescent, for disambiguation of depictions of a star and a crescent side by side). [7] In numismatics in particular, the term crescent and pellet is used in cases where the star is simplified to a single dot.
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