Dictionary entry

Swastika

Pronunciation: /ˈswɒstɪkə/

Pronunciation

/ˈswɒstɪkə/

Myanmar Meaning

ရှေ့ခေတ်စြင်္ကာပုံ သင်္ကေတ။ နာဇီဂျာမဏီ၏ သင်္ကေတဖြစ်သော ၎င်းတံဆိပ်။

Definition

swastika /'swɒstÇkǝ/ n စၾကာတံဆိပ္။ ေသတၳိက။ ❍ CROSS 1

Examples

  1. ‘The rubble was cleared
  2. historic buildings were restored and
  3. their swastikas removed
  4. Nazi buildings were ‘normalized.’’
  5. ‘This did not have the Christian cross as its symbol but the swastika.’
  6. ‘The flat where they worked themselves up with ‘White Power’ music before the attack was adorned with swastikas and other Nazi symbols.’
  7. ‘Last September
  8. white students at Elsinore High School in Riverside County confronted Latino students with racial insults and flags bearing iron crosses and swastikas.’
  9. ‘One person in attendance was seen wearing a KKK pin and another wore an arm band with a Nazi swastika.’
  10. ‘The last swastika on a German public building has been stolen just before officials were going to remove it.’
  11. ‘Some wore T-shirts with the Star of David twisted into Nazi swastikas.’
  12. ‘The religious factor
  13. with all the cross symbols
  14. the Star of David
  15. the Nazi swastika and all.’
  16. ‘The swastika is a popular emblem of good luck in Hindu and Buddhist culture.’
  17. ‘And incidentally
  18. it's in India where the ancient symbol of the swastika originated.’
  19. ‘The attackers spraypainted a swastika and other Nazi graffiti on the walls.’
  20. ‘But such groups are forbidden to deny that the Holocaust occurred and to display Nazi symbols such as the swastika.’
  21. ‘Nazi symbols including the swastika are already banned in Germany.’
  22. ‘Together with election placards bearing his picture
  23. many Fortuyn supporters wore swastikas and other Nazi symbols.’
  24. ‘In fact
  25. the Nazi party appropriated the swastika as part of its drive to construct a political identity around a mythical German race.’
  26. ‘Israeli and German diplomats have lashed out at a Hong Kong fashion company for using swastikas and other Nazi party symbols.’
  27. ‘The principal image in the newspaper ads provided by the studio was one of arms with stars-and-stripes cuffs grabbing hold of the wrists of a Nazi with swastikas on his sleeves.’
  28. ‘Hitler turned the swastika into a striking political symbol and wreaked devastation beneath it.’
  29. ‘German law bars any trade using Hitler portraits
  30. swastikas or National Socialist symbols.’
  31. ‘The child
  32. who must be clean and well dressed
  33. sits on a cushion under which has been drawn a swastika
  34. symbol of stability.’