Lyra

[ lahy-ruh ]

/ ˈlaɪ rə /

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noun, genitive Ly·rae

[lahy-ree] /ˈlaɪ ri/ for 1.

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

a female given name.

(lowercase) glockenspiel.

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Words nearby Lyra

lyophobe, lyophobic, lyosorption, lyotropic, lypressin, Lyra, lyrate, lyra viol, lyre, lyre back, lyrebird

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How to use Lyra in a sentence

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They follow the adventures of a 12-year-old girl named Lyra, who lives in a fictional version of Oxford, England, circa the Victorian era.
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Hence Shakespeare speaks of 'the lark, that tirra-lyra chants,' Wint.
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I took the viall and played some things from one of their books, Lyra lessons, which they seemed to like well.
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Lyra d soi, n d' eg, kai kithara leipetai, kai kata polin chrsima; kai au kat' agrous tois nomeusi syrinx an tis ei.
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The Norman abbey of Lyra held the great tithes; the vicarial amounted to just one half of them, £6.
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The work met with a favourable reception, and a couple of the hymns were reproduced in the pages of Lyra Britannica.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lyra

Lyra

/ (ˈlaɪərə) /

noun Latin genitive Lyrae (ˈlaɪəriː)

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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Scientific definitions for Lyra

Lyra

[ lī′rə ]

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