the principal goddess of the Babylonians and Assyrians; divinity of love, fertility, and war
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Ish•tar
(ish′tär),USA pronunciation n.
- Eastern Religionsthe 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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