Starr may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Starr (surname)
Starr is a family name, originating from the pre-Modern English word ''starre'' or ''sterre'', meaning "star".
People
* Albert Starr (1926–2024), American cardiovascular surgeon and inventor
* Allison Pohlman, Allison Starr (born 1977), Americ ...
, a list of people and fictional characters
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Starr (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
Places
United States
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Starr, Ohio, an unincorporated community
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Starr, South Carolina, a town
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Starr County, Texas
Starr County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,920. Its county seat is Rio Grande City. The county was created in 1848. It is named for James Harper Starr, who served as secretary of the tre ...
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Starr Township, Cloud County, Kansas
Starr Township is a township in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 653.
Geography
Starr Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Miltonvale. According to the USGS
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Starr Township, Hocking County, Ohio
Starr Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,455.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Starr Historic District, Richmond, Indiana
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Mount Starr, a mountain in California
Antarctica
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Starr Peninsula, Ellsworth Land
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Starr Lake (McMurdo Station), Ross Island
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Starr Nunatak, Victoria Land
Elsewhere
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Starr Gate
Starr Gate is a suburb in the South Shore district of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire, England. It is located at the southwest end of Blackpool on the Fylde coast, adjacent to the Squires Gate district of Blackpool.
The place is name ...
, a location in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
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4150 Starr, a minor planet
Buildings
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Starr House (disambiguation) Starr House may refer to:
*Starr Manor, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Garfield County, Colorado, listed on the National Register of Historic ...
, various houses on the United States National Register of Historic Places
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Starr Mill, Middletown, Connecticut, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Starr Arena
J. Howard Starr Rink is a 2,000-seat arena in Hamilton, New York
Hamilton is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Madison County, New York, Madison County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 6,379 ...
, a sports facility in Hamilton, New York, United States
Ships
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HMS ''Starr'', various Royal Navy ships
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George E. Starr, as steamboat of the
Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
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USS ''Starr'' (AKA-67), an attack cargo ship
Firearms
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Starr carbine
The Starr carbine was a breechloading single-shot rifle used by the United States Army. Designed in 1858, the Starr was primarily used by cavalry soldiers in the American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also ...
, a single-shot United States Army rifle
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Starr revolver
A Starr revolver (Starr DA) is a Traditional double-action, double-action revolver which was used in the western theater of the American Civil War until the United States Army Ordnance Department persuaded the Starr Arms Co. to create a Trigger (f ...
, a 19th-century double-action revolver designed by E. T. Starr
Organizations and companies
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Starr Foundation
The Starr Foundation was established in 1955 by Cornelius Vander Starr, an insurance entrepreneur who founded C.V. Starr & Co. and other companies later combined by his successor, Maurice R. Greenberg, into what became the American International G ...
, providing grants in education and healthcare
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Starr Companies
Starr is a marketing name for the operating insurance and travel assistance companies and subsidiaries of Starr International Company, Inc. and for the investment business of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries. Starr is an insurance and ...
, an insurance company
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Starr Records
Starr Records was a record label founded by the Starr Piano Company of Richmond, Indiana. Gennett Records was also owned by Starr Piano.
Starr's first discs were vertical cut records in the mid 1910s based on Edison Records standard found in th ...
, a defunct American record label
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STARR Restaurants, an American restaurant company
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Starr Labs
Starr Labs is a musical instrument manufacturer that was founded in 1986 in San Diego, California by musician and inventor Harvey Starr, former singer and guitarist with 1960s' band The Richard Kent Style of Manchester, England.
The company man ...
, a musical equipment manufacturer
Other uses
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Starr (law)
Starr, or starra, was a term used in pre-fourteenth century England for the contract or obligation of a Jew. It derives from the Hebrew (''shtar'', "document").Henry C. Black, ''Black's Law Dictionary'', rev. 4th ed. 19681578
By an ordinance ...
or ''starra'', an old term for the contract or obligation of a Jew
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Stapled trans-anal rectal resection
Stapled trans-anal rectal resection (STARR) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure for conditions such as obstructed defecation syndrome, internal rectal prolapse, and rectocele. Circular surgical staplers are used to resect (remove) sectio ...
(STARR), a surgical procedure
See also
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Starr Report
The ''Starr Report'', officially the Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in Conformity with the Requirement of Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c), is a Federal government of the United States, United States federal gove ...
, a government report that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal
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Star (disambiguation)
A star is a luminous astronomical object.
Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to:
Shapes and symbols
* Star polygon, a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially
* Star (glyph), a typographical symbol
* Star (heraldry), star-like sh ...
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