Meanings
- A nickname for the national flag of the United States of America.
- The national anthem of the United States of America.
On Monday, February 21, 1972, as a Chinese military band played “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Nixon became the first American president to visit China while in office.
2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 711 more example
In the course of a single lifetime, the average fan will be forced to hear 1,500 fiendishly unattractive women ... take four and a half minutes to butcher “The Star-Spangled Banner”[.]
2004, Joe Queenan, True Believers, page 158Synonyms: Old Glory, stars and stripes
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe national anthem of the United States of America.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe national flag of the United States of America
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From a description of the United States flag in Defence of Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali তারায় সাজা ঝাণ্ডা, তারায় সাজা ঝাণ্ডা
- তারায় সাজা ঝাণ্ডা (taraẏ śaja jhanḍa)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- তারায় সাজা ঝাণ্ডা (taraẏ śaja jhanḍa)the national anthem of the United States
Chinese Mandarin 星條旗 /星条旗, 花旗
- 星條旗 /星条旗 (xīngtiáoqí)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- 花旗 (huāqí)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- 星條旗 /星条旗 (xīngtiáoqí)the national anthem of the United States
Danish stjernebanner
- stjernebannera nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
French bannière étoilée
- bannière étoiléea nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
German Sternenbanner, US-amerikanische Nationalhymne
- Sternenbannera nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- US-amerikanische Nationalhymnethe national anthem of the United States
Greek αστερόεσσα
- αστερόεσσα (asteróessa)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
Japanese 星条旗, 星条旗
- 星条旗 (seijōki)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- 星条旗 (Seijōki)the national anthem of the United States
Korean 성조기, 별이 빛나는 깃발
- 성조기 (seongjogi)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- 별이 빛나는 깃발 (byeori binnaneun gitbal)the national anthem of the United States
Portuguese A Bandeira Estrelada
- A Bandeira Estreladathe national anthem of the United States
Russian зна́мя, усы́панное звёздами, звёздно-полоса́тый флаг
- зна́мя, усы́панное звёздами (známja, usýpannoje zvjózdami)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- звёздно-полоса́тый флаг (zvjózdno-polosátyj flag)a nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- Зна́мя, усы́панное звёздами (Známja, usýpannoje zvjózdami)the national anthem of the United States
Spanish Bandera Llena de Estrellas
- Bandera Llena de Estrellasthe national anthem of the United States
Swedish stjärnbaneret
- stjärnbanereta nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
Vietnamese Lá cờ ánh sao chói lọi, Lá cờ lấp lánh ánh sao
- Lá cờ ánh sao chói lọia nickname for the national flag of the U.S.
- Lá cờ lấp lánh ánh saothe national anthem of the United States
Cite this entry
Star-Spangled Banner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Star-Spangled%20Banner
“Star-Spangled Banner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Star-Spangled%20Banner. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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