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  1. Lyra
    [disambiguation] Lyra can refer to: ==People== ===Fictional characters=== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra_(disambiguation)

  2. Lyra
    Lyra is a cultivated variety of potato.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/QL.HTM

  3. Lyra
    a lyre or lute; a stringed instrument.
    Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html

  4. Lyra
    [n] - a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Lyra

  5. Lyra
    English name: The Lyre. Genitive name: Lyrae. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    Found op http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronomy/tables02.htm

  6. lyra
    A stringed musical instrument having a yoke (a crossbar and 2 arms); a lyre. It was made of wood or metal and could have a sound box made out of a turtle shell.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  7. Lyra
    Ly'ra noun [ Latin lyra , Greek .... See Lyre .] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ , or Vega . 2. (Anat.)
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/73

  8. lyra
    1. <astronomy> A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega. ... 2. <anatomy> The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in th...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?lyra

  9. Lyra
    noun a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lyra

  10. Lyra
    • (n.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain. • (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/lyra/

  11. Lyra
    (from the article `Arion`) ...poet. Upon affirming that he had remained behind, they were suddenly confronted by Arion himself. The sailors confessed and were punished, and ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/88

  12. lyra
    (from the article `lyre`) ...the ancient Greek kithara. Bowl lyres have a rounded body with a curved back—often of tortoiseshell—and a skin belly; the arms are invariably ... ...instrument that came to them from King David; it is used, of course, for sacred music. The smaller lyre, krar (t...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/88



  1. Lyra
    Lyra is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Of the Iyre or song` Where is it used? The name Lyra is mainly used In Other languages. The name Lyra doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Lyra seems to be unique!
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?girls/Lyra

  2. Lyra
    Lyra (ə; Latin for lyre, from Greek λύρα) is a small constellation. It is one of 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Its principal star, Vega (Abhijit in Sanskrit), a corner of the Summer Trian...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra

  3. Lyra
    (abbr. Lyr, gen. Lyrae) The Lyre of Orpheus. Lyra is a small but bright northern constellation located between Cygnus to the east, Hercules to the south and west, and Draco to the north. Aside from its several star attractions, Lyra also boasts the most famous of planetary nebul...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/L/Lyr.html

  4. Lyra
    Lyra (lī'ru) [Lat.,=the lyre], northern constellation lying S of Draco, E of Hercules, and W of Cygnus. Although many civilizations represented it as a bird, it was also depicted as a tortoise. The white star Vega (Alpha Lyrae), the brightest star in the constellation, is one of the bright...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0830760.html

  5. Lyra
    Lyra is an ancient constellation, situated on the borders of the Milky Way, near Cygnus. Its primitive association with an eagle or vulture survives in the name Vega, its largest star.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AL.HTM

  6. lyra
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lī′ră Definitions: 1. A lyre-shaped structure.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=52007

  7. Lyra
    Small but prominent constellation of the northern hemisphere, represented as the harp of Orpheus. Its brightest star is Vega. Epsilon Lyrae is a system of four gravitationally linked stars. Beta Lyrae is an eclipsing binary. The Ring nebula, M57, is a planetary nebula
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0010336.html

  8. Lyra
    three stringed bowed instrument with a bowl back carved from the solid. Popular in Greece and the balkans. Similar to mediaeval western European Rebec.
    Found op http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/glossary.htm

  9. Lyra
    [song] "Lyra" is a song written, produced and performed by British recording artist Kate Bush, from the 2007 soundtrack album The Golden Compass from the film of the same name. It is used in the closing credits of the film. Bush was commissioned to write the song, with the request that it ma...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra_(song)

  10. LYRA
    LYRA (Lyman Alpha Radiometer) is the solar UV radiometer on board Proba-2, a European Space Agency technology demonstration satellite that was launched on November 2, 2009. LYRA has been designed and manufactured by a Belgian-Swiss-German consortium (ROB-SIDC, PMOD/WRC, IMOMEC, CSL, MPS and BISA) w...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LYRA

  11. Lyra
    [Chinese astronomy] According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Lyra is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ). ==Stars== The map of Chinese constellation in const...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra_(Chinese_astronomy)

  12. lyra
    1) A lyre or lute 2) Constellation 3) Constellation named for a stringed instrument 4) Constellation near cygnus 5) Constellation next to hercules 6) Constellation with the star vega 7) French girl name 8) Heavenly strings 9) Lyra 10)...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/lyra/1

  13. Lyra
    A training system of vines; see there.
    Found op http://www.wein-plus.eu/en/Lyre_3.0.675.html

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