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A star is a luminous cosmic body.
Star may also refer to:
[edit] Symbols
- Star (symbol)
- Star polygon, a star drawn with a number of lines equal to the number of points
- Pentagram, a five-pointed star polygon, that sometimes has magical or occult associations
- Hexagram, a six-pointed star polygon, often known as the Star of David or Jewish Star, can symbolise Israel and/or Jews
- Heptagram, a seven-pointed star polygon that has magical or Australian associations
- Magic star
- Star (glyph), any of a number of star-shaped glyphs in typography
- Asterisk, a typographical symbol (*)
- Star (classification), a scoring system for hotels, restaurants and movies
- Star (football crest), representing trophies won by a soccer team
- Mullet (heraldry), unconventional shapes of stars on coats-of-arms
- The Star (Tarot card), one of the Major Arcana
[edit] Medals and decorations
[edit] Places
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] United States
[edit] Other places
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Pop star, a celebrity in the music industry
- Star (guitar), a solid body shape produced by several manufacturers
[edit] Albums
- "Star" (Bryan Adams song), a song by Bryan Adams from the 1996 soundtrack for the movie Jack
- "Star" (David Bowie song), a song by David Bowie from his 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- "Star" (Kevin Ayers song), a song by Kevin Ayers
- "Stars", a song by Filipino band Callalily
- "Stars", a song witten by Janis Ian and sung by Cher
- "Stars" (Chloe song), a song by Chloe, released in 2004
- "Stars" (Cranberries song), a song by the alt-rock band The Cranberries, from their 2002 album Stars: The Best Of 1992-2002
- "Star" (Erasure song), a single by the band Erasure (1990)
- "Stars", a song by the band Hum, from their 1995 album, You'd Prefer an Astronaut
- "Stars", a song in the musical Les Misérables, sung as a solo by the character, Javert
- "Stars" (Roxette song), a song by music group Roxette
- "Star", a song by the band Silverbullit on their 2001 album, Citizen Bird
- "Stars" (Simply Red song), a song by Simply Red from the 1991 album of the same name
- "Star", a song by the band Stealers Wheel from their album Ferguslie Park (1973)
- "Star" (Stellar* song), a song by the band Stellar* from their album Magic Line (2001)
- "Starz" (Smashing Pumpkins song), on the 2007 album Zeitgeist (Smashing Pumpkins album)
- "Stars" (Switchfoot song), a song by the alt-rock band Switchfoot, from their 2005 album Nothing Is Sound
- "Stars", a song by the Russian duo t.A.T.u., from their 2002 album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
[edit] Television
[edit] North American radio stations
- CKSR-FM (98.3 Star FM) in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- KIOI (FM) (Star 101.3) in San Francisco, California, USA
- KMYI (Star 94.1) in San Diego, California, USA
- KPLZ-FM (Star 101.5) in Seattle, Washington, USA
- KSRZ (Star 104.5) in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- KSTZ (Star 102.5) in Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- KYSR (Star 98.7) in Los Angeles, California, USA
- WAHR (Star 99.1) in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- WAWZ (Star 99.1) in Zarephath, New Jersey, USA
- WIOZ-FM (Star 102.5) in Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA
- WMRV (Star 105.7) in Binghamton, New York, USA
- WMSR-FM (Star 94) in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA
- WOOD-FM (Star 105.7) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
- WRTS (Star 104) in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
- WSTR (FM) (Star 94) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- WTSS (Star 102.5) in Buffalo, New York, USA
[edit] UK radio stations
[edit] Literature
[edit] Sports
[edit] Video games
[edit] Other entertainment
[edit] In science and technology
[edit] In transportation
- Star (British automobile), an automobile built in Kent in the 1880s
- Star (automobile), a Durant automobile from the 1920s
- Star (sailboat), a class of small racing sailboat
- Star Airlines, a French airline
- Star Air, an Indonesian airline
- Star Alliance, an airline alliance
- Star class locomotive
- Star Cruises, one of the largest cruise lines in the world
- Star Motor Company, a British car maker from 1898 to 1932
- Star Ferry, a Hong Kong ferryboat service
- Star routes, a US postal service term
- FCS Star, Polish truck manufacturer
- M/S Star, a RoPax ferry for the Estonian ferry company Tallink
- le Service de Transports de l'Agglomération Rennaise (STAR), the public transit (bus and métro) organization in Rennes, France
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society, an air ambulance service
- Star of Scilly, a vessel wrecked at St Ives, Cornwall in 1900
- Standard Terminal Arrival Route, or STAR, a published procedure followed by aircraft on an IFR flight plan just before reaching a destination airport
[edit] See also
