Lyra (disambiguation)

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

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, A angel in Magic: The Gathering
  • Lyra, a hero in the Vainglory (video game) MOBA game

Places

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

See also

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