"Red Star" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Red Star}} Red Star
  1. A depiction of a red star, often used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union. Categories (topical): Cold War, Flags Categories (place): Soviet Union Related terms: hammer and sickle Translations (Red Star): 紅星 (Chinese Mandarin), 红星 (hóngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Red_Star-en-name-5CDPqZDe Disambiguation of Cold War: 96 4 Disambiguation of Flags: 77 23 Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'Red Star': 79 21
  2. (metonymically) Socialism or communism itself. Tags: metonymically Categories (topical): Communism
    Sense id: en-Red_Star-en-name-cSAB8NTy Disambiguation of Communism: 39 61 Categories (other): English metonyms

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