Star Wars

Star Wars

English

Etymology

From the original name of the science fantasy motion picture Star Wars (1977).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈstɑː(ɹ) ˈwɔː(ɹ)z]
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈstɑɹ ˈwɔɹz], [ˈstɑ˞ ˈwɔɹz]

Proper noun

Star Wars

1. An American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas in a setting where futuristic technology co-exists with a semi-sentient form of magic/religion called the Force.
2. (informal, military) The United States Strategic Defense Initiative.

Derived terms

• Star Warsesque
• Star Warsy

Translations

Saga

Arabic: حَرْب النُّجُوم‎ f (ḥarb an-nujūm) Armenian: Աստղային պատերազմներ (Astłayin paterazmner) Azerbaijani: Ulduz müharibələri Belarusian: Зо́рныя во́йны (Zórnyja vójny) Bulgarian: Междузвездни войни (Mežduzvezdni vojni) Catalan: La Guerra de les Galàxies Chinese: Mandarin: 星球大戰／星球大战 (zh) (Xīngqiú Dà Zhàn) Czech: Hvězdné války Danish: Stjernekrigen Esperanto: Stelaj Militoj Estonian: Tähesõjad Finnish: Tähtien sota French: Star Wars f, Guerre des étoiles f Galician: A guerra das galaxias Georgian: ვარსკვლავური ომები (varsḳvlavuri omebi) German: Krieg der Sterne Greek: Ο Πόλεμος των Άστρων (O Pólemos ton Ástron) Haitian Creole: Zetwal Lagè Hebrew: מלחמת הכוכבים‎ (milḥémet hakokhavím) Hindi: स्टार वॉर्स m (sṭār vŏrs) Hungarian: Csillagok háborúja (hu) Icelandic: Stjörnustríð Italian: Guerre Stellari Japanese: スター・ウォーズ (Sutā Wōzu) Kazakh: Жұлдыздар шайқасы (Jūldyzdar şaiqasy) Korean: 스타워즈 (seutawojeu) Latin: Bella Stellaria Latvian: Zvaigžņu kari Lithuanian: Žvaigždžių karai Macedonian: Војна на ѕвездите (Vojna na dzvezdite) Marathi: स्टार वॉर्स m (sṭār vŏrsa) Mongolian: Оддын дайн (Oddyn dajn) Navajo: Sǫʼtah Anaaʼ Persian: جنگ ستارگان‎ (jang-e setâregân) Polish: Gwiezdne wojny pl Portuguese: Guerra nas Estrelas f Romanian: Războiul stelelor Russian: Звёздные во́йны f pl (Zvjózdnyje vójny) Serbo-Croatian: Ratovi Zvijezda pl, Zvjezdani Ratovi Spanish: La Guerra de las galaxias Swedish: Stjärnornas krig Turkish: Yıldız Savaşları Ukrainian: Зоряні війни (Zorjani vijny) Uzbek: Yulduzlar jangi Vietnamese: Chiến tranh giữa các vì sao Walloon: Li Guere des Stoeles

Strategic Defense Initiative

Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 戰略防禦主動性／战略防御主动性 (Zhànlüè fángyù zhǔdòng xìng), 星球大戰計劃／星球大战计划 (Xīngqiú dà zhàn jìhuà) Finnish: tähtien sota French: Initiative de Défense stratégique, Guerre des étoiles f German: Krieg der Sterne Hebrew: יוזמת ההגנה האסטרטגית‎ Japanese: スターウォーズ計画 (スターウォーズけいかく, Sutā Wōzu Keikaku) Latin: (Modern Latin) Initiativa Defensionis Strategicae, (Classical Latin) Vis Defensionis Bellicae Polish: gwiezdne wojny n pl, wojny gwiezdne n pl Portuguese: Guerra nas Estrelas f Russian: Стратеги́ческая оборо́нная инициати́ва (Strategíčeskaja oborónnaja iniciatíva) Spanish: Iniciativa de la Defensa Estratégica

See also

• Strategic Defense Initiative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Star Wars at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Star Wars”, in Collins English Dictionary.