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  2. Five-pointed star - Wikipedia

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    The five-pointed star also came to be widely used in military badges in the 19th century. A red star was used as the badge of XII Corps of the Union Army in the American Civil War, while VII Corps used a five-pointed star in a crescent. In 1916, a five-pointed red star was used by the U.S. Army Signal Corps' aviation section. [7]

  3. Red star - Wikipedia

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    A red five-pointed star A New Year tree with a red star in front of a church cupola in Volokolamsk, Russia, 2010.. A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century.

  4. Pentagram - Wikipedia

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    The five-pointed star is a symbol of the Baháʼí Faith. [28] [29] In the Baháʼí Faith, the star is known as the Haykal (Arabic: "temple"), and it was initiated and established by the Báb. The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh wrote various works in the form of a pentagram. [30] [31]

  5. List of symbolic stars - Wikipedia

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    Heptagram, a seven-pointed star polygon; Octagram, an eight-pointed star polygon; Enneagram, a nine-pointed star polygon; Decagram, a ten-pointed star polygon; Hendecagram, an eleven-pointed star polygon; Dodecagram, a twelve-pointed star polygon; Magic star, a star polygon in which numbers can be placed at each of the vertices and ...

  6. Nautical star - Wikipedia

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    The nautical star is common in insignia, flags, and logos. Examples: Sixpoint Brewery in Red Hook, Brooklyn, uses a six-pointed version of the star in its logo to reflect the neighborhood's maritime history. [5] Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps; The California flag includes a red five-pointed star, which is sometimes stylized like a nautical star:

  7. Star (glyph) - Wikipedia

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    black center white star U+272C outlined black star U+272D heavy outlined black star U+272E pinwheel star U+272F shadowed white star U+2730 white medium star ⭐: U+2B50 black small star ⭑ U+2B51 white small star ⭒ U+2B52 glowing star 🌟: U+1F31F shooting star 🌠: U+1F320 Bamum script (Phase D) ngkeuri U+16910 low asterisk ⁎ U+204E ...

  8. Bloods - Wikipedia

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    The Bloods' gang color is red. They like to wear sports clothing, including jackets that show their gang color. The most commonly used Bloods symbols include the number "5", the five-pointed star, and the five-pointed crown.

  9. Barnstar - Wikipedia

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    A barnstar. A barnstar (or barn star, primitive star, or Pennsylvania star) is a painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular "wagon wheel" style, used to decorate a barn in some parts of the United States.