Swastika

  • 31swastika — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fylfot, gammadion. See crossing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cross, insignia, triskelion; see emblem …

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  • 32Swastika — Swạs|ti|ka 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: ti|ken〉 altind. Symbol der Sonne in Form eines Hakenkreuzes [Etym.: <Sanskrit svastika <su »gut« + asti »seiend«] …

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  • 33swastika — swas|ti|ka [ˈswɔstıkə US ˈswa: ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Sanskrit; Origin: svastika, from svasti being well, good luck ] a sign consisting of a cross with each end bent at 90º, used as a sign for the Nazi Party in Germany …

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  • 34Swastika — Swas|ti|ka die; , ...ken, auch der; [s], s <aus gleichbed. sanskr. svastika, eigtl. »Glück bringendes Zeichen in Kreuzesform«> altind. Sonnen u. Fruchtbarkeitszeichen in Form eines Hakenkreuzes …

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  • 35swastika — swas|ti|ka [ swastıkə ] noun count an ancient religious symbol in the shape of a cross with each end bent over a. this cross used as the symbol of the Nazi party …

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  • 36SWASTIKA —    the ancient HINDU SYMBOL of a broken cross which was believed to be a symbol bringing success. It signifies VISHNU and the EVOLUTION of the COSMOS and was deliberately adopted for its OCCULT significance by the German National Socialists in… …

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  • 37swastika — swas·ti·ka || swÉ‘stɪkÉ™ / swÉ’ n. ancient religious symbol or ornamental figure in the shape of a Greek cross with the four arms bent at right angles; official emblem of the German Nazi party and the Third Reich …

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  • 38swastika — [ swɒstɪkə] noun an ancient symbol in the form of an equal armed cross with each arm continued at a right angle, used (in clockwise form) as the emblem of the German Nazi party. Origin C19: from Sanskrit svastika, from svasti well being , from su …

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  • 39swastika — noun (C) an ancient sign consisting of a cross with each end bent at 90º, used in the twentieth century as a sign for the Nazi Party …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 40swastika — swas·ti·ka …

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