Lyra (disambiguation)

Lyra is a constellation.

Lyra may also refer to:

Instruments

 * Lyre, a stringed musical instrument used in ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece and elsewhere
 * Lyres of Ur, a stringed musical instrument used in ancient Mesopotamia
 * Byzantine lyra, a bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire
 * Lyra (Cretan), a bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece
 * Lira Calabrese, a bowed instrument used in folk music in Calabria, Italy
 * Lira da braccio, a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance
 * Kemenche, a bowed instrument used in folk music in Turkey, Greece and Iran
 * RCA Lyra, a line of digital audio players

Songs / Compositions

 * "Lyra" (song), a 2007 song by Kate Bush
 * "Lyra", a song by Breaking Benjamin from the 2018 album Ember
 * "Lyra", a song by Big Red Machine from their self-titled album
 * Lyra, a composition for trumpet and piano by Hale A. VanderCook

As a given name

 * Lyra McKee (1990–2019), Northern Irish journalist and author
 * Lyra Taylor (1894–1979), social worker and lawyer from New Zealand
 * Lyrae van Clief-Stefanon (born 1971), American poet

As a surname

 * Nicholas of Lyra (1270–1349), influential Biblical exegete
 * Carlos Lyra (1933–2023), Brazilian musician
 * Carmen Lyra (1887–1949), pseudonym of female Costa Rican writer, born Maria Isabel Carvajal Quesada
 * Cristina Lyra (born 1976), Brazilian sports and newscaster
 * Raquel Lyra (born 1978) Brazilian lawyer and politician
 * Débora Lyra (born 1989), Brazilian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
 * Fernando Lyra (1938–2013), Brazilian politician who served as Minister of Justice
 * João Lyra (1931–2021), Brazilian businessman and politician
 * Markus Lyra (born 1945), Finnish retired diplomat

Stage name

 * Lyra (singer), Irish singer-songwriter and musician, Laura Brophy

Characters

 * Lyra Belacqua, one of the two protagonists in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
 * She-Hulk (Lyra), a Marvel Comics superhero
 * Lyra, a character in the game and anime Mega Man Star Force
 * Lyra (Pokémon), the female player character in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
 * Lyra Heartstrings, a background character in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
 * Lyra (Silver Key), a Celestial Spirit character in Fairy Tail
 * Lyra Erso, a character in the Star Wars universe
 * Lyra Dawnbringer, an angel in Magic: The Gathering
 * Lyra, a hero in the Vainglory (video game) MOBA game

Places

 * The Latin name of Lier, Belgium
 * K. Lyra, a Lier football club
 * K. Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, a Lier football club
 * Lyra, Queensland, a locality in Australia
 * Lyra railway station
 * Lyra, Ohio, a community in the United States
 * Lyra Reef, a coral atoll in Oceania

Vessels

 * HMS Lyra, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy
 * Alfa-class submarine (Russian: Лира, Lyra), a class of hunter/killer nuclear powered submarines with a NATO reporting name of Alfa class

Other uses

 * Lyra (given name)
 * Lyra, aerial hoop used in circus performance
 * Lyra (neuroanatomy) or psalterium, part of the commissure of fornix or hippocampal commissure
 * Lyra (virtual assistant), an intelligent personal assistant developed by Artificial Solutions
 * Lyra, a novel series by Patricia Wrede
 * Lyra (TV series), a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network
 * Lyra (codec) A lossy audio codec developed by Google.