Lyra (disambiguation)
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Lyra is a constellation.
Lyra may also refer to:
Music
Instruments
- Lyre, a stringed musical instrument known for its use in Classical Antiquity
- Byzantine lyra, a bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire
- Lyra (Cretan), a bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece
- Lira Calabrese, a bowed instrument used in folk music in Calabria, Italy
- Lira da braccio, a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance
- Kemenche, a bowed instrument used in folk music in Turkey, Greece and Iran
- RCA Lyra, a line of digital audio players
Songs / Compositions
- "Lyra" (song), a 2007 song by Kate Bush
- "Lyra", an intro song by Breaking Benjamin from the 2018 album Ember
- Lyra, a composition for trumpet and piano by Hale A. VanderCook
People
As a given name
- Lyra McKee (1990–2019), Northern Irish journalist and author
- Lyra Taylor (1894–1979), social worker and lawyer from New Zealand
- Lyrae van Clief-Stefanon (born 1971), American poet
- Lyra Virna (born 1981), Indonesian actress
As a surname
- Nicholas of Lyra (1270–1349), influential Biblical exegete
- Carlos Lyra (born 1939), Brazilian musician
- Carmen Lyra (1887–1949), pseudonym of female Costa Rican writer, born Maria Isabel Carvajal Quesada
- Cristina Lyra (born 1976), Brazilian sports and newscaster
- Débora Lyra (born 1989), Brazilian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Fernando Lyra (1938–2013), Brazilian politician who served as Minister of Justice
- João Lyra (born 1931), Brazilian businessman and politician
- Markus Lyra (born 1945), Finnish retired diplomat
- Beatriz Lyra (born 1930), Brazilian actress
Characters
- Lyra Belacqua, one of the two protagonists in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
- She-Hulk (Lyra), a Marvel Comics superhero
- Lyra, a character in the game and anime Mega Man Star Force
- Lyra (Pokémon), the female player character in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
- Lyra Heartstrings, a background character in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Lyra (Silver Key), a Celestial Spirit character in Fairy Tail
- Lyra Erso, a character in the Star Wars universe
- Lyra (My Little Pony), a My Little Pony unicorn
- Lyra Dawnbringer, an angel in Magic: The Gathering
- Lyra, a hero in the Vainglory (video game) MOBA game
Places
- The Latin name of Lier, Belgium
- K. Lyra, a Lier football club
- K. Lyra T.S.V., a Lier football club
- Lyra, Queensland, a locality in Australia
- Lyra, Ohio, a community in the United States
- Lyra Reef
Vessels
- HMS Lyra, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy
- Alfa-class submarine (Russian: Лира, Lyra), a class of hunter/killer nuclear powered submarines with a NATO reporting name of Alfa class
Other uses
- lyra (neuroanatomy) or psalterium, part of the commissure of fornix or hippocampal commissure
- Lyra, aerial hoop used in circus performance
- LYRA, a solar ultraviolet radiometer
- Lyra (TV series), a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network
- Lyra (virtual assistant), an intelligent personal assistant developed by Artificial Solutions
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