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    A five-pointed star (☆), geometrically an equilateral concave decagon, is a common ideogram in modern culture. Comparatively rare in classical heraldry...
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  • The pentagram, a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes The star and crescent symbol is mostly shown with five-pointed stars in modern flags...
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    Baháʼí Faith: the nine-pointed star, a calligraphy known as the "Greatest Name", the Ringstone Symbol, or a five-pointed star. According to the Abjad...
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     Namibia — twelve-pointed star  Nauru — twelve-pointed star  Azerbaijan — eight-pointed star  Australia — one 5-pointed star and five 7-pointed stars  Cuba...
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    A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with...
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    Pentagram (redirect from Unicursal star)
    pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a...
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  • as having five points, in some fonts it has a different number. In some, such as Arial Unicode MS, it even has six. "ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (U+066D)...
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  • Flag and coat of arms of Johor (category Coats of arms with the star and crescent)
    left canton (quarter), which contains a white crescent and a white five-pointed star. Running slightly less than half the length of the flag, the field...
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    armed forces and with tattoo culture. It is usually rendered as a five-pointed star in dark and light shades counterchanged in a style similar to a compass...
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    and a white isosceles triangle at the hoist, within which is a gold five-pointed star. It was designed in 1965 and officially adopted July 5, 1974. The...
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    a "sun-star" The Stella d'Italia ("Star of Italy"), popularly known as Stellone d'Italia ("Great Star of Italy"), is a five-pointed white star, which...
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  • its six-lobed form (✻). The Arabic star is given a distinct character in Unicode, U+066D ٭ ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (the note ‘appearance rather variable’...
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    consists of five alternating stripes (three navy blue and two white) and a cherry red chevron at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was...
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    two such insignia for higher military ranks, both in the form of a five-pointed star of gold and platinum with diamonds. They are worn around the neck...
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  • that is pointed to the left. The People Nation alliance in most instances uses a five-pointed star in their gang graffiti. The five-pointed star has its...
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    comprises the red-and-yellow bars of the Senyera, with the addition of a five-pointed star in a triangle at the hoist. The use of this flag as a protest symbol...
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    spaced in a circular placement. For instance, in a regular pentagon, a five-pointed star can be obtained by drawing a line from the 1st to the 3rd vertex,...
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    A 5⁄16 inch star (9.7mm) is a miniature gold or silver five-pointed star that is authorized by the United States Armed Forces as a ribbon device to denote...
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  • Six-star rank Heraldic origin of the use of five-pointed star Design of US army insignia The following Americans have been promoted to five-star rank:...
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    consisting of a machete crossed by a half-cogwheel and crowned with a five-pointed star. It was adopted on 11 November 1975, when Angola became independent...
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    Exceptionally, a combination of the crescent of Sin with the five-pointed star of Ishtar, with the star placed inside the crescent as in the later Hellenistic-era...
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    where parades are held. The Black Star Gate is a monument topped by the Black Star of Africa. The five-pointed star represents Africa in general and particularly...
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    five-pointed star in the upper left corner. The design consists of four horizontal stripes and one vertical stripe, and a single yellow five-pointed star...
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    two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a yellow five-pointed star resting in the center. The flag was adopted on 4 August 1984. The...
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    It is an ethnic flag for the Somali people; the flag's five-pointed star represents the five regions in which Somalis reside. Beginning in the mid-19th...
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    vertical surface with a five-pointed star on its left side (a star that is common among many flags, e.g., the flag of Chile). This star dates from the 13th...
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    A hexagram (Greek) or sexagram (Latin) is a six-pointed geometric star figure with the Schläfli symbol {6/2}, 2{3}, or {{3}}. The term is used to refer...
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    contribution to the committee's design was the change in star shape from six-pointed to five-pointed. In 1878, Col. J. Franklin Reigart published a somewhat...
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  • void in the middle, which altogether give the optical illusion of a five-pointed star. A triangled platform erected as the secondary stage is connected...
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    Commendation Navy-Marine Corps – Navy Unit Commendation The Silver Star Medal is a gold five-pointed star, 1+1⁄2 inches (38 mm) in circumscribing diameter with a...
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