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Star-Spangled Banner
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English
en Articles with national anthems
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Category:The Star-Spangled Banner
Etymology
From a description of the United States flag in Defence of Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key.
Pronunciation
en /ˌstɑː(ɹ) ˌspæŋɡəld ˈbænə(ɹ)/
en En-us-Star-Spangled Banner.oga US
Proper noun
Star-Spangled Banner 1
A nickname for the national flag of the United States of America.
Proper noun
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
The national anthem of the United States of America.
en 2004 Joe Queenan True Believers 158 In the course of a single lifetime, the average fan will be forced to hear 1,500 fiendishly unattractive women ... take four and a half minutes to butcher “The Star-Spangled Banner”[.]
en 2015 w:Dick Cheney; w:Liz Cheney Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_m7b2/ w:Threshold Editions 978-1-5011-1541-7 935894711 26650505M 71 https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_m7b2/page/71/ On Monday, February 21, 1972, as a Chinese military band played “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Nixon became the first American president to visit China while in office.
Synonyms
en Old Glory
en stars and stripes
Translations
a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
Bengali: bn তারায় সাজা ঝাণ্ডা
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 星條旗 xīngtiáoqí, cmn 花旗 huāqí
Danish: da stjernebanner n Archaic
French: fr bannière étoilée f
German: de Sternenbanner
Greek: el αστερόεσσα
Japanese: ja 星条旗 せいじょうき, seijōki
Korean: ko 성조기
Russian: ru зна́мя, усы́панное звёздами n, informal ru звёздно-полоса́тый флаг m
Swedish: sv stjärnbaneret
Vietnamese: vi Lá cờ ánh sao chói lọi
the national anthem of the United States
Bengali: bn তারায় সাজা ঝাণ্ডা
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 星條旗 xīngtiáoqí
German: de US-amerikanische Nationalhymne f
Japanese: ja 星条旗 Seijōki
Korean: ko 별이 빛나는 깃발
Navajo: nv Dah Naatʼaʼí Sǫʼ bił Sinil
Portuguese: pt A Bandeira Estrelada f
Russian: ru Зна́мя, усы́панное звёздами
Spanish: es Bandera Llena de Estrellas f
Vietnamese: vi Lá cờ lấp lánh ánh sao
Further reading
en Flags National anthems United States