Star (disambiguation)

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A star is a luminous cosmic body.

Star, Stars or The Star may also refer to:

Symbols or shapes

• Star (glyph), a typographical symbol
• Star polygon, a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially
• Star (heraldry), star-like shapes, including stars, mullets and estoiles, used in heraldry
• Star (football badge), a symbol of awards worn on an association football uniform

Geography

Russia

• Star, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia

United Kingdom

• Star, Fife, Scotland, a village
• Star, Pembrokeshire, Wales, a hamlet
• Star, a small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Wales
• Star, a hamlet in the civil parish of Shipham, Somerset, England

United States

• Star, Idaho, a city
• Star, Munising Township, Michigan, an unincorporated community
• Star, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
• Star, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
• Star, North Carolina, a town
• Star, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Star Island (disambiguation)
• Star Lake (Cook County, Minnesota)
• Star Lake (Otter Tail County, Minnesota), a lake in central Minnesota
• Star Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin)
• Star Township (disambiguation), various townships
• Star Valley, in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho

Elsewhere

• Star, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet
• Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea

Companies

• Star routes, a US Postal Service term
• STAR (interbank network), the largest American interbank network
• Star Bonifacio Echeverria, defunct Spanish firearms manufacturer
• Star Cruises
• Star Entertainment Group, Australian gaming and entertainment
• Star Ferry, a Hong Kong ferryboat service
• Star Film (Dutch East Indies company), a former Dutch East Indies film production company
• Star Line (shipping company), a defunct Irish shipping company
• Star Market, a chain of supermarkets based in Boston
• Star Media Group, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.
• Star Micronics, a Japanese printer manufacturer
• Star Music, a recording company in the Philippines
• Stars (restaurant), a defunct restaurant in San Francisco, California
• Star Entertainment Group, casino operator in Australia

Publications

• Star (newspaper), various publications
• Star (magazine), an American celebrity tabloid
• The Star (Bangladesh), a current affairs magazine
• Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics (1984-1988)

Radio and TV

• Any of the various radio stations named Star
• Star FM, an Australian radio network

Airlines

• Star Air (disambiguation), several airlines
• Star Alliance, an alliance of airlines
• Star Aviation, an Algerian airline
• Star Airlines, former name of XL Airways France

Sports teams

Baseball

• Cleveland Stars (baseball), a defunct Negro league baseball team
• Cuban Stars (East), a defunct Negro league baseball team
• Cuban Stars (West), a defunct Negro league baseball team
• Detroit Stars, a defunct Negro league baseball team
• Hollywood Stars, an American minor league baseball team that operated from 1926–1935 and 1938–1957
• Huntsville Stars, a current American minor league baseball team
• Lincoln Stars (baseball), a defunct Negro league baseball team
• Newark Stars, a defunct Negro league baseball team
• Philadelphia Stars (baseball), a defunct Negro league baseball team
• St. Louis Stars (baseball), a defunct Negro league baseball team

Basketball

• Los Angeles Stars, a basketball team from 1968–1970 in the original American Basketball Association
• Los Angeles Stars (2000–2001), a basketball team from 2000–2001 in the newer American Basketball Association
• Los Angeles Stars (2004–2005), a basketball team from 2004–2005 in the newer American Basketball Association
• Utah Stars, a 1970–1976 American basketball team, formerly the Los Angeles Stars

Hockey

• Dallas Stars, an American National Hockey League team
• Manglerud Star Ishockey, a Norwegian hockey team
• Texas Stars, a team in the American Hockey League

Other

• Melbourne Stars, an Australian Big Bash League cricket team
• Minnesota Stars FC, an American soccer team
• Red Star F.C., a French soccer team

Mathematics

• Star (game theory)
• Star (graph theory)
• A set of simplices in a simplicial complex

Transportation

Air

• Diamond DA40 Star, an Austrian single-engine light aircraft

Land

• Suburban Transit Access Route, a defunct commuter rail proposal in Chicago, Illinois
• Società Torinese Automobili Rapid, also known as S.T.A.R., an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1904 to 1921
• Star (automobile), marque assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928
• Star Motor Company, an 1898–1932 British car manufacturer
• Star Motorcycles, a division of Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
• FSC Star, a Polish truck manufacturer
• American Star Bicycle, an early type of bicycle
• GWR 4000 Class, a type of steam locomotive
• GWR Star Class, a type of steam locomotive

Sea

• Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat for two people designed by Francis Sweisguth
• MS Star, an Estonian ferry

Military

• HMS Star, various Royal Navy ships
• USS Monticello (1859), a US Navy wooden screw-steamer briefly named Star
• HMCS Star, a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command

Technology

• Star Bus, a satellite platform
• Xerox Star, a 1981 computer workstation
• Star (Unix), an implementation of the tar file archiver
• Stars virus, computer virus that was discovered by Iran in 2011
• Stars (shader effect), a computer graphics effect used by computer games
• Stars, an unofficial code name for AMD's K10 microarchitecture

Arts and entertainment

Films

• The Star (1952 film), a 1952 Bette Davis film
• The Star (1953 film), a 1953 Russian film
• Star! (film), a 1968 musical starring Julie Andrews
• Star (1982 film), a 1982 Hindi film
• Danielle Steel's Star, a 1993 television film starring Jennie Garth
• Star (2001 film), a 2001 Tamil film
• The Star (2002 film), a 2002 Russian remake of the 1953 film
• The Star (2017 film), a 2017 American animated film

Television

• Patrick Star, a major character in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants
• Star, a star-shaped puppet and co-host of The Good Night Show and its animated spin-off, Nina's World
• Star Butterfly, the main protagonist of the Disney animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Star (unicorn), the mate of Swift Wind in She-Ra, Princess of Power
• Star (TV series), a musical drama series broadcast by Fox
• "The Star" (Homeland), the season 3 finale of Homeland
• The Star (reality show), a Thai singing competition reality show
• "The Star" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The New Twilight Zone based on Clarke's story
• The Stars (TV series), 1988 UK astronomy programme

Music

Bands

• Stars (Australian band), from the 1970s
• Stars (British band), a 1972 supergroup
• Stars (Canadian band), an indie rock group formed in 2000
• The Stars (Japanese band), a Japanese psychedelic rock group

Albums

• Star (702 album)
• Star (Belly album)
• Blackstar (album), a 2016 album by David Bowie, stylized as ★
• Stars (Cher album)
• Stars (Collabro album)
• StAR (Jan Garbarek album)
• Stars (Lala Karmela album)
• Stars (Makai album)
• Star (Mika Nakashima album)
• Star (Milky album)
• Star (Murk album)
• Stars (Simply Red album)
• Stars: The Best of 1992–2002, by The Cranberries
• Star/Boom Boom, the soundtrack album to the 1982 film Star, by Biddu, Nazia Hassan, and Zohaib Hassan

Songs

• "Star" (Bryan Adams song)
• "Stars" (Chloe song)
• "Stars" (Dan Fogelberg song)
• "Stars" (Destine song)
• Star (Earth, Wind & Fire song), released 1979
• "Star" (Erasure song)
• "Star" (Extreme song)
• "Stars" (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals song)
• "Stars" (Hum song)
• "Star" (Kevin Ayers song)
• "Stars" (Mika Nakashima song)
• "Stars" (Roxette song)
• "Stars" (Simply Red song)
• "Star" (Stellar song)
• "Stars" (Switchfoot song)
• "Stars", by Alessia Cara from Know-It-All
• "Stars", by Angel Olsen from Burn Your Fire for No Witness
• "Star", by Biddu and Zohaib Hassan from Star/Boom Boom
• "Star", by Brotherhood of Man from Images
• "Stars", by China Black
• "Stars", by The Cranberries from Stars: The Best of 1992–2002
• "Star", by The Crash from Wildlife
• "Star", by The Cult from The Cult
• "Star", by Rebecca Ferguson from Superwoman
• "Stars", by Dan Fogelberg, also covered by Amy Holland from Amy Holland
• "Star", by David Bowie from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• "Stars", by Demi Lovato from Confident
• "Stars", by Dubstar from Disgraceful
• "Star", by Earth, Wind & Fire from I Am
• "Star", by Estelle
• "Stars", by fun. from Some Nights
• "Star", by Hellyeah from their eponymous album
• "Star", by The Hollies from Write On
• "Stars", by Janis Ian
• "Stars", by Kat DeLuna
• "Star", by Kiki Dee
• "The Star", by Kikki Danielsson from Midnight Sunshine
• "Stars", by Kylie Minogue from X
• "Stars", by Lala Karmela from Stars
• "Stars", by Mark Gormley
• "Stars", by Mark Owen from The Art of Doing Nothing
• "The Stars", by Moby from Last Night
• "The Stars", by Patrick Wolf from The Magic Position
• "Star", by Primal Scream from Vanishing Point
• "Star (*)", by Project 86 from Drawing Black Lines
• "Star", by Savoy from Mountains of Time
• "Star", by Silverbullit
• "Stars", by Sixx:A.M. from Modern Vintage
• "Star", by Stealers Wheel from Ferguslie Park
• "Stars", by Superfly and Tortoise Matsumoto
• "Stars", by t.A.T.u. from 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
• "Star", by Terri Walker from L.O.V.E
• "Stars", by the hard rock/heavy metal collaboration Hear 'n Aid
• "Stars", from the musical Les Misérables

In print

• "The Star" (Clarke short story), by Arthur C. Clarke
• "The Star" (Wells short story), by H. G. Wells, written in 1897
• "The Stars", a story about a shepherd by Alphonse Daudet
• "The Star", a poem by Jane Taylor, the first line of which is "Twinkle, twinkle, little star"
• Star, a novel by Pamela Anderson
• Star, a novel by Danielle Steel
• S.T.A.R. Labs, an organization in the DC Comics fictional universe

Games

• Star (board game)
• *Star, board game
• Stars (game), a 1970s game in BASIC
• Stars (series), soccer-simulation games
• Stars!, a 1995 game for Windows
• Star, fictional character in the Yie Ar Kung-Fu game
• STARS (Special Tactics and Rescue Service), a fictional group in the video game Resident Evil and elsewhere in the franchise

Other

• Stars (M. C. Escher), a wood engraving print by M. C. Escher
• The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore

Acronyms

Science

• STAR detector, a particle physics experiment
• STAR Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, a transport protein
• Synthetically thinned aperture radar, an interferometric radar method
• Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite (STARS), a satellite built by Kagawa University
• STARS-II, Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite II, a satellite built by Kagawa University

Organizations

• STAR Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society, an air ambulance service
• The Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, a UK organization
• Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, a transgender organization
• Supporters' Trust At Reading, a Reading Football Club supporters' organization
• Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal, American Jewish organisation

Education

• STAR (software), an educational software series
• STAR (student association)
• California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, a school assessment program
• New York State School Tax Relief Program
• Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, a Malaysian public school

Law enforcement

• Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore), a division of the Singapore Police Force
• Special Task And Rescue, a division of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
• Special Tasks and Rescue, a division of the South Australia police

Transportation

• Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, a yacht race
• Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), an expressway in the Philippines
• Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR), a flight procedure
• Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), an air traffic control system
• Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS), used to retrieve persons on the ground using an aircraft

Other

• St. Austin Review (StAR), a Catholic magazine
• STAR Situation, Task, Action, Result, an interview technique
• Stolen Asset Recovery

People

• Star, another word for celebrity
• Movie star, a person famous for performing in films
• Darren Star (born 1961), American producer, director and writer best known for creating the hit TV shows Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Sex and the City
• Ryan Star (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
• Star Jones (born 1962), American co-host of the television show The View, lawyer, journalist and writer
• Star Lotulelei (born 1989), National Football League player
• Star Stowe (1956-1997), American model and Playboy Playmate of the Month
• Star, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
• Zonnique "Star" Pullins, member of the teenage girl group OMG Girlz

Other uses

• Star (Chinese constellation)
• Star (classification), a ranking system for hotels, movies, or other products
• An-Najm ("The Star"), the fifty-third sura of the Qur'an
• The Star (Tarot card), a Major Arcana tarot card
• Star, horse coat marking
• Star (guitar), a guitar body shape
• Pyrotechnic star
• Ulmus americana 'Star', an elm cultivar

See also

• Star of David or Jewish star
• * (disambiguation)
• Asterisk (disambiguation)
• Die Sterne (disambiguation)
• Stardust (disambiguation)
• Starlight (disambiguation)
• Starr (disambiguation)
• Starz (disambiguation)
• Utah Starzz, a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team
• Utah Starzz (WPSL), women's soccer team
• STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness), a standardized test in Texas