Lyra is a constellation.

Lyra may also refer to:

Music

Instruments

  • Lyre, a stringed musical instrument used in ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece and elsewhere
    • Lyres of Ur, a stringed musical instrument used in ancient Mesopotamia
    • 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

As a surname

  • Nicholas of Lyra (1270–1349), influential Biblical exegete
  • Carlos Lyra (1933–2023), 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
  • Raquel Lyra (born 1978) Brazilian lawyer and politician
  • 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 (1931–2021), Brazilian businessman and politician
  • Markus Lyra (born 1945), Finnish retired diplomat

Stage name

  • Lyra (singer), Irish singer-songwriter and musician, Laura Brophy

Characters

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

See also

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