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Lyra (Latin for 'lyre', from
Ancient Gr****: λύρα; pronounced: /ˈlaɪrə/ LY-rə) is a
small constellation. It is one of the 48
listed by the 2nd
century astronomer...
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three major types of
Cretan lyras: the
lyraki (Gr****: λυράκι), a
small model of
lyra,
almost identical to the
Byzantine lyra, used only for the performance...
- due to
stylistic abstraction. The
lyras of
Novgorod (1190 AD) are
closer morphologically to the
present bowed lyras (see gallery): they were pear-shaped...
- States, and Canada, a form of
glockenspiel is
called a bell lyre, bell
lyra, or
lyra-glockenspiel. The bell lyre is a form of
glockenspiel commonly used...
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Lyra Belacqua (/ˈlaɪrə bəˈlɑːkwə/ LY-rə bə-LAH-kwə),
later known as
Lyra Silvertongue, is the
heroine of
Philip Pullman's
trilogy His Dark Materials. In...
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Lyra's Oxford is set when
Lyra Belacqua is 15, two
years after the end of the trilogy. The book
consists mainly of an
illustrated short story, "
Lyra and...
- Look up
Lyra or
lyra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Lyra is a constellation.
Lyra may also
refer to: Lyre, a
stringed musical instrument used in ancient...
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Nicholas of
Lyra (French:
Nicolas de Lyre; c. 1270 –
October 1349), or
Nicolaus Lyr****, a
Franciscan teacher, was
among the most
influential practitioners...
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Project Lyra is a
feasibility study of a
mission to
interstellar objects such as ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov,
initiated on 30
October 2017 by the Initiative...
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LYRA (Lyman
Alpha Radiometer) is the
solar UV
radiometer on
board Proba-2, a
European Space Agency technology demonstration satellite that was launched...
