Lyra

American  

[lahy-ruh] / ˈlaɪ rə /

noun

• Lyrae
  genitive

1. Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.

2. a female given name.

3. (lowercase) glockenspiel.

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Lyra British  

/ ˈlaɪərə /

noun

1. a small constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Cygnus and Draco and containing the star Vega, an eclipsing binary ( Beta Lyrae ), a planetary nebula (the Ring Nebula ), and a variable star, RR Lyrae

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Lyra Scientific  

/ lī′rə /

1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Cygnus and Hercules. Lyra (the Lyre) contains the bright star Vega.

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Example Sentences

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Lyra Lyrae

Three men were on Friday found not guilty of murdering Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee six years ago, in a high-profile killing that attracted global attention.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Some companies, like Lyra Health, only offer their AI chatbots to patients who are concurrently in therapy on their platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The first part of the whale-detection network was installed on Angel Island, with the second planned MV Lyra, a vessel operated by SF Bay Ferry connecting Vallejo to downtown San Francisco, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

And they were named after the constellation of Lyra from where the meteors appear to originate and occurs every year from 16 to 25 April, but often peaking around 22 April.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

“But Lyra’s father’s here, and he’s being pursued by—by his enemies, and he really needs to see Lyra before—before he goes on somewhere else. To—to say good-bye,” he added.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

It also sits relatively far from the center of the Milky Way and contains an extraordinary population of RR Lyrae variable stars.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Astronomers have observed that the RR Lyrae stars occurring in any particular cluster all have about the same apparent brightness.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

These are called cepheid and RR Lyrae variables, both of which are pulsating variable stars.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The researchers looked at a class of stars called RR Lyrae that are known for their variability.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2015

I went upstairs around 10, did some homework in my room, and looked at a couple stars with my telescope—Vega and Epsilon Lyrae.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green