Lyra
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Lyra/lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “a lyre; the constellation Lyra”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɹə/, /ˈlɪəɹ.ə/
- Rhymes: -aɪɹə, -ɪɹə
Proper noun
Lyra
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.
- (rare) A female given name
- 2003, Philip Pullman, Lyra's Oxford
- 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
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