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
- An American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas in a setting where futuristic technology coexists with a semisentient form of magic or religion called the Force.
- (informal, military) The United States Strategic Defense Initiative.
Usage notes
- The original Star Wars film (1977) was at first titled simply Star Wars. As new Star Wars movies were released, it was retroactively retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
Derived terms
Translations
epic space opera franchise
- Arabic: حَرْب النُّجُوم f (ḥarb an-nujūm)
- Armenian: Աստղային պատերազմներ (Astġayin paterazmner)
- Azerbaijani: Ulduz müharibələri
- Belarusian: Зо́рныя во́йны (Zórnyja vójny)
- Bulgarian: Междузве́здни войни́ (Mežduzvézdni vojní)
- 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: Star Wars, 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, Star Wars
- Japanese: スター・ウォーズ (Sutā Wōzu)
- Kazakh: Жұлдызды соғыстар (Jūldyzdy soğystar)
- 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
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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 (fr) 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
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