Star-Spangled Banner

  

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Star-Spangled Banner

Definition: Star-Spangled Banner

Star-Spangled Banner

Noun

1. A poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States.

2. The national flag of the United States of America.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Star-Spangled Banner

Synonyms: American flag (n), Old Glory (n), Stars and Stripes (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Star-Spangled Banner

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Screenplays

The Star-Spangled Banner. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Star-Spangled Banner

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Books

  • The Flag, the Poet and the Song: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (reference)

  • The Star-Spangled Banner (The Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry) (reference)

  • By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Star-Spangled Banner

Language Translations for "Star-Spangled Banner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

tähtilippu (the stars and stripes, the star-spangled banner). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ar-spangledstay annerbay

   

Russian 

  

флаг сша. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Star-Spangled Banner

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-d-e-e-g-l-n-n-n-p-r-r-s-s-t"

-5 letters: grandparental.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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