Antar
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Antar may refer to:
- Antarah ibn ShaddadAntarah ibn Shaddad'Antarah Ibn Shaddād al-'Absī عنترة بن شداد العبسي was a pre-Islamic Arabian hero and poet famous both for his poetry and his adventurous life. What many consider his best or chief poem is contained in the Mu'allaqat...
, a 6th century celebrated pre-Islamic Arab warrior and poet. - AntaresAntaresAntares is a red supergiant star in the Milky Way galaxy and the sixteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky . Along with Aldebaran, Spica, and Regulus it is one of the four brightest stars near the ecliptic...
, the star that marks the heart of the Scorpio constellation and which Arab culture associates with Antar, the warrior-poet. - Roda AntarRoda AntarRoda Antar is a Lebanese football midfielder who currently plays for Shandong Luneng Taishan in the Chinese Super League, and is captain of the Lebanon national team....
is a Sierra Leonean born Lebanese footballer who plays for German club FC Köln. - Faisal AntarFaisal AntarFaisal Antar – is a Lebanese retired football defender. He played for Tadamon Sour, Tripoli SC, Nejmeh and Al-Mabarrah in the Lebanese Premier League during 12 year career....
(brother of Roda) is a Sierra Leonean born Lebanese footballer who plays for Lebanese club Al-Mabarrah. - Antar (Rimsky-Korsakov)Antar (Rimsky-Korsakov)Antar is a composition for symphony orchestra in four movements by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He wrote the piece in 1868 but revised the work in 1875 and 1891. He initially called this work his Second Symphony. He later reconsidered and called it a symphonic suite...
is the title of a symphonic suite by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, inspired by the story of the Arab warrior-poet. - Egyptian composer Aziz El-ShawanAziz El-ShawanAziz El-Shawan was an Egyptian composer of classical music...
's opera in Arabic Antar (1948), also based on the life of Antarah ibn Shaddad. - Antar (company)Antar (company)Antar is a former petroleum company, founded by Pechelbronn SA in 1927 in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, Bas-Rhin, Alsace. However, its origins go back to 1745 when a company was formed to develop the natural oil wells in the vicinity of Merkwiller-Pechelbronn. Prior to World War II it also used the...
, former French petroleum company - Thornycroft AntarThornycroft AntarThe Mighty Antar was a heavy-duty tractor unit built by Thornycroft from the 1940s onwards. For some decades it was the standard tank transporter of the British Army and was also used by other nations.- History :- Origins :...
, a British prime mover used by the military and in oilfields, developed in the late 1940s, named after Antarah ibn Shaddad - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, which has the acronym ANTaR.
- Eddie Antar, owner of the Crazy EddieCrazy EddieCrazy Eddie is the name of a consumer electronics retailer conducting business through the internet and by telephone. The venture is the most recent to be doing business under the Crazy Eddie name, with the most well known being a chain of retail stores that operated throughout New York, New...
chain of electronics stores. - Antar is the name of a planet in the Star Wars universe .
- Antar is the name of the home planet of the aliens in the book series Roswell HighRoswell HighRoswell High is a young adults book series written by Melinda Metz and published by Pocket Books. The 10-book series chronicles the adventures of three teen aliens and their human friends, who attend the fictional Ulysses F. Olsen High in Roswell, New Mexico...
and the television show, Roswell.