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A star is a luminous cosmic body.

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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

    • 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 Township, Minnesota, a township named for the lake
  • 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 Market, a chain of supermarkets based in Boston
  • Star Media Group, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.
  • Star (Turkish newspaper) (Star Gazetesi), a Turkish newspaper established in 1999 by Star Media Group (Turkey)
  • Star (Ceylon), a defunct newspaper in Ceylon
  • 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
  • Toronto Star, a Canadian daily newspaper

    • Television

    See Star TV (disambiguation)

    Radio

  • 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

    • 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
  • Utah Starzz, a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team

    • 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
  • Red Star Belgrade or FK Crvena Zvezda, an Serbian soccer team
  • Minnesota Stars FC, an American soccer team
  • Red Star F.C., a French soccer team
  • Utah Starzz (WPSL), women's soccer team

    • Mathematics

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

    • Air

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

    • Land

  • 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
  • Star Line (shipping company), a defunct Irish shipping company

    • In the 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

    • In print

  • An-Najm ("The Star"), the fifty-third sura of the Qur'an
  • 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
  • Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics (1984-1988)
  • "The Star" (Clarke short story), by Arthur C. Clarke
  • "The Star" (Wells short story), by H. G. Wells, written in 1897
  • "The Star", a poem by Jane Taylor, the first line of which is "Twinkle, twinkle, little star"
  • "The Stars", story about a shepherd by Alphonse Daudet
  • The Star (Christchurch), New Zealand newspaper
  • The Star (Malaysia), a Malaysian newspaper
  • Star Magazine, a celebrity tabloid journalism-magazine

    • 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
  • Starchild, a character in the cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  • Star (unicorn), the mate of Swift Wind in She-Ra, Princess of Power
  • Star (U.S. 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
  • Starseed, a cosmic matter object in the cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

    • 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
  • Big Star, an American rock band

    • 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
  • Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, an album by Edie Brickell

    • 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
  • "Star Star", by The Rolling Stones
  • "Starless", by King Crimson
  • "Lost Stars", a song by Adam Levine

    • 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

    • 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

  • STAR 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

  • 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, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
  • 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
  • Zonnique "Star" Pullins, member of the teenage girl group OMG Girlz

    • Other uses

  • Star (person), a celebrity
  • Movie star, a person famous for performing in films
  • Radio star (person), a personality in radio broadcasting
  • Star (Chinese constellation)
  • Star (classification), a ranking system for hotels, movies, or other products
  • Stars (M. C. Escher), a wood engraving print by M. C. Escher
  • 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

    • References

    Star (disambiguation) Wikipedia
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