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

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.
(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

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