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.

Usage notes

The original Star Wars film (1977) was at first titled simply Star Wars. As new Star Wars movies came out, it was retroactively retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.

Derived terms

• Star Wars Day
• Star Warsesque
• Star Warsian
• Star Warsy
• Turkish Star Wars
• Warsie

 

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: 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: 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
• 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

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

See also

• Strategic Defense Initiative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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