Lyra en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪ(ə)ɹ.ə/ (rare)
- /ˈlaɪ.ɹə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Lyra/lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “a lyre; the constellation Lyra”). Doublet of lira, lyra, and lyre.
Meanings
- A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.
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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
A little parapet ran all the way around the square roof, and Pantalaimon often draped his pine-marten form over the mock-battlements on the corner facing south, and dozed while Lyra sat below with her back against the sun-drenched stone, studying the books she'd brought up with her.
2003, Philip Pullman, Lyra's Oxford:
Deriveds
Translations (23)
de Leier (constellation) · la Lyra (constellation) · gl Lira (constellation) · bg Ли́ра (constellation) · la Fidis (constellation) · el Λύρα (constellation) · la Fides (constellation) · es Lyra (constellation) · th กลุ่มดาวพิณ (constellation) · la Chelys (constellation) · fr Lyre (constellation) · ru Ли́ра (constellation) · hy Քնար (constellation) · grc Λύρα (constellation) · ga an Lir (constellation) · grc Χέλυς (constellation) · pl Lutnia (constellation) · fa چنگ رومی (constellation) · fi Lyyra (constellation) · ko 거문고자리 (constellation) · ms Lira (constellation) · eo Liro (constellation) · la Fidicula (constellation)