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Encyclopedia > Lyra (disambiguation)

Lyra can refer to:

  • Lyra, a constellation.
  • Lyre, a stringed musical instrument known for its use in Classical Antiquity.
  • Three types of Kemenche:
    • Constantinople Lyra, Λύρα πολιτική (Lyra politiki) or Armudi kemençe, a bowed instrument in Turkish and Greek classical music.
    • Pontic Lyra, a bowed instrument from the Black-Sea region known also as Karadeniz Kemençesi.
    • Cretan Lyra, a bowed instrument from the Island of Crete.
  • RCA Lyra, a line of digital audio players.
  • K. Lyra, a former Belgian football (soccer) club.
  • Carlos Lyra, a Brazilian musician.
  • Lyra Belacqua, one of the two protagonists in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
  • Lyra, a minor character in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist.
  • Alfa class submarine (Russian: Лира, Lyra), a class of hunter/killer nuclear powered submarines with a NATO reporting name of Alfa class.
  • Lyra (music), a piano maker who started making pianos in 1885.

 

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