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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASTART

ASTART A *start ", v. t. & i.

 

Defn: Same as Astert. [Obs. ]

 

ASTARTE

As *tar "te, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Astarte

As tar te |əˈstärtē əˈstɑrdi |Mythology a Phoenician goddess of fertility and sexual love who corresponds to the Babylonian and Assyrian goddess Ishtar and who became identified with the Egyptian Isis, the Greek Aphrodite, and others.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Astarte

Astarte |əˈstɑːti | a Phoenician goddess of fertility and sexual love who corresponds to the Babylonian and Assyrian goddess Ishtar and who became identified with the Egyptian Isis, the Greek Aphrodite, and others.

 

Duden Dictionary

Astarte

As tar te Eigenname |Ast a rte |altsemitische Liebes- und Fruchtbarkeitsgöttin