Star (disambiguation)
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A star is a luminous astronomical object.
Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to:
Shapes and symbols
Star polygon, a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially
Star (grapheme) (star symbol), a typographical symbol
Star (heraldry), star-like shapes used in heraldry
Star (classification), a rating system for hotels, movies, or other products
Star (sport badge), on a team uniform, representing titles won
Arts and entertainment
Celebrity
Movie star, a person famous for performing in films
Leading actor, or the star of a production
Fictional entities
S.T.A.R. Labs, an organization in the DC Comics fictional universe
Star, the name of Nina’s star companion in the Sprout program block, The Good Night Show and its animated spin-off Nina's World
Star (Marvel Comics), the name of three fictional characters in Marvel Comics
Star Butterfly, a character in the Disney animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Patrick Star, a character in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants
Films
The Star (1949 film), a Russian film
The Star (1952 film), an American film
Star! (film), a 1968 American musical
Star (1982 film), an Indian Hindi film
Danielle Steel's Star, a 1993 American television film
Star (2001 film), an Indian Tamil film
The Star (2002 film), a Russian remake of the 1953 film
Star (2014 film), a Russian comedy
Star (2015 film), a Canadian short drama film
The Star (2017 film), an American animated film
Star (2024 film), an Indian Tamil film
Gaming
Star (board game)
*Star, board game
Music
Albums
Star (2hollis album)
Star (702 album)
Star (Belly album)
StAR (Jan Garbarek album)
Star (Milky album)
Star (Murk album)
Star (Mika Nakashima album)
Star (Super Junior album)
Star/Boom Boom, the soundtrack album to the 1982 film Star
The Star (album), by JO1
Songs
Television
Star (TV series), a musical drama series broadcast by Fox
Star (TVE channel), a Spanish international television channel
The Star (TV series), a Thai singing competition reality show
"The Star" (Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake), an episode of the animated series
"The Star" (Homeland), the season 3 finale of the series
"The Star" (The Twilight Zone), an episode based on Arthur C. Clarke's short story
Writing
Star, a novel by Pamela Anderson
Star, a novel by Danielle Steel
"Star" (short story), by Yukio Mishima
"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"
Other uses in arts and entertainment
Star (guitar), a guitar body shape
Star (Disney+), a hub within the Disney+ streaming service for an adult audience
Star Cinema, a television production and film distributor company in the Philippines
Star Cinema Circuit, an historic Australian cinema chain, proprietors D. Clifford Theatres
Star Distribution, a Latin American and Brazilian film distributor
Star Theatre (disambiguation), several cinemas and theatres
The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore
Businesses
Media
Star (newspaper), various newspapers called either Star or The Star
Star (magazine), an American celebrity tabloid
St. Austin Review (StAR), a Catholic magazine
The Star (Bangladesh), a current affairs magazine
Star, a historical bookseller, founded by Henry Denham in Paternoster Row, London
List of radio stations named Star; see also Star FM (disambiguation)
Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics (1984–1988)
Star Film (Dutch East Indies company), a Dutch East Indies former film production company
Star FM (disambiguation), the name of several radio broadcasters
Star Magic, a talent agency in the Philippines
Star Music, a recording company in the Philippines
Star TV (disambiguation), the name of several TV broadcasters and streaming services
Transport companies
Air
Star Air (disambiguation), several airlines
Star Airlines, a former name of XL Airways France
Star Alliance, an alliance of airlines
Star Aviation, an Algerian airline
Land
FSC Star, a Polish truck manufacturer
Società Torinese Automobili Rapid an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1904 to 1921
Star Motor Company, an 1898–1932 British car manufacturer
Star Motorcycles, a division of Yamaha Motor Corporation, US
STAR Transit, a transit agency in Texas
Sea
Star Cruises, a cruise line
Star Ferry, a Hong Kong ferryboat service
Star Line (shipping company), a defunct Irish shipping company
Other businesses
STAR (interbank network), the largest American interbank network
Star Bonifacio Echeverria, a defunct Spanish firearms manufacturer
Star Entertainment Group, an Australian gambling and entertainment company
The Star, Sydney, a casino
The Star Gold Coast, a casino and hotel
STAR Lager, a Nigerian beer brand
Star Market, a chain of supermarkets based in Boston, US
Star Micronics, a Japanese printer manufacturer
Education
California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program, a school assessment program
New York State School Tax Relief Program, or STAR 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, (STAR Group) a police unit of the South Australia police
Private organizations
STAR (student association)
Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, a British organization
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, a former American organization
Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal, an American Jewish organisation
People
Star (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
Star, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Star Jr. (born 1994), the ring name of a Mexican professional wrestler
Zonnique "Star" Pullins, member of the teenage girl group OMG Girlz
Places
United Kingdom
Star, Fife, a village in Scotland
Star, Pembrokeshire, a hamlet in Wales
Star, Somerset, a hamlet in the civil parish of Shipham, England
Star, a small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Wales
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 (Wyoming), valley in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho
Elsewhere
Star, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada
Star, Bryansk Oblast, Russia
Star, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea
The Star, Singapore, a shopping mall and performing arts centre in Singapore
Science and technology
Biology
STAR (gene), the gene that encodes steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), a transport protein
Ulmus americana 'Star', an elm cultivar
Computing
STAR (software), an educational software series
Star (Unix), an implementation of the tar file archiver
Xerox Star, a 1981 computer workstation
Kleene star, a wildcard symbol used in computer science
Mathematics
Star (game theory), a position in combinatorial game theory
Star (graph theory), a graph with a structure that resembles a star
Star (simplicial complex), the set of simplices containing a given vertex in a simplicial complex
Kleene star, which can refer to one of two related unary operations, that can be applied either to an alphabet of symbols or to a formal language, a set of strings (finite sequences of symbols)
Other uses in science and technology
STAR detector, a particle physics experiment
Synthetically thinned aperture radar, an interferometric radar method
Star Bus, a satellite platform
Sport
KK Star, a basketball club in Serbia
Crumlin Star F.C., a football club in Northern Ireland
Greenwell Star F.C., a football club in Northern Ireland
Supporters' Trust at Reading, a Reading Football Club supporters' organization
Manglerud Star Ishockey, a Norwegian hockey team
Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, a yacht race
Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat
The Star (stadium), an indoor stadium in Frisco, Texas
Transportation
Aerospace
Standard terminal arrival route, a flight procedure
Star (rocket stage), a family of American solid-fuel rocket motors
Land
Star (automobile), a marque assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928
American Star Bicycle, an early type of bicycle
Southern Tagalog Arterial Road, or STAR Tollway, an expressway in the Philippines
GWR 4000 Class, or Star, a type of steam locomotive
GWR Star Class, a type of steam locomotive
Suburban Transit Access Route, or STAR Line, a defunct rail proposal in Chicago, US
Sea
Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat
HMS Star, several Royal Navy ships
MS Star (1978), originally Merzario Hispania and later MS Nordic Ferry, a car ferry
MS Star (2006), a Ro-Pax ferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink
USS Monticello (1859), a US Navy wooden screw-steamer briefly named Star
Other uses
Barn star
Star (Chinese constellation)
The Star (Ketchikan, Alaska), a historic commercial building in Ketchikan, Alaska
Star (dog), a dog who was shot by the New York City Police
Star, a horse coat facial marking
An-Najm ("The Star"), the 53rd sura of the Qur'an
Pyrotechnic star, in fireworks displays
Situation, task, action, result, an interview technique
STAR voting (Score Then Automatic Runoff), a cardinal electoral system
The Star (Tarot card), a Major Arcana tarot card
Star Scout (Boy Scouts of America), the third-highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America
HMCS Star, a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command
See also
* (disambiguation)
All pages with titles beginning with Star
All pages with titles containing star
Asterisk, typographical symbol (*), sometimes vocalised as 'star'
Asterisk (disambiguation)
Die Sterne (disambiguation)
Starchild (disambiguation)
Stardust (disambiguation)
Starfish (disambiguation)
Starlight (disambiguation)
Starman (disambiguation)
Starr (disambiguation)
Stars (disambiguation)
Starz (disambiguation)
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