the star-spangled banner the skinny • the states · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · the star-spangled banner · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 24 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (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. Synonyms: The Star-Spangled Banner. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074