The Star-Spangled Banner

/ˌstɑr ˈspæŋgəld ˌbænər/
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Definitions of The Star-Spangled Banner
  1. noun
    a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
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    a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
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