Lyra (Latin for 'lyre', from Ancient Greek: 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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LYRA (Lyman Alpha Radiometer) is the solar UV radiometer on board Proba-2, a European Space Agency technology demonstration satellite that was launched...
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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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Laura McNamara, known professionally as Lyra, is an Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Lyra grew up in County Cork, Ireland. In an interview...
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Glockenspiel (redirect from Bell lyra)
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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His Dark Materials (section Lyra's Oxford)
The Amber Spyglass (2000). It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes...
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Lyra Catherine McKee (/ˈlɪərə məˈkiː/ 31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the...
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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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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 is a feminine given name of Greek and Latin origin meaning lyre. It is usually given in reference to the constellation and the Greek myth that inspired...
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Lyra (meaning "harp") is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyl ungulates from the Miocene Chinji Formation of Pakistan. The genus contains a single...
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is signed to WWE where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Lyra Valkyria. She is a former one-time NXT Women's Champion. After being a student...
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Byzantine lyra or lira (Greek: λύρα) was a medieval bowed string musical instrument in the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. In its popular form, the lyra was...
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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...
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The Cretan lyra (Greek: Κρητική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other...
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Lyra is a 2022 film about the life and death of murdered Northern Irish author and journalist Lyra McKee, directed by Alison Millar. The film repurposes...
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Markus Ludvig Lyra (3 August 1945 - 30 September 2024) was a Finnish diplomat. He served as Ambassador of Finland to Sweden in 2010–2011. He has been employed...
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The lyra viol is a small bass viol, used primarily in England in the seventeenth century. Described as "the smallest of the bass viols", one should consider...
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Lyra is a series of MP3 and portable media players (PMP). Initially it was developed and sold by Indianapolis-based Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc.,...
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Vivien Lyra Blair (born June 4, 2012) is an American child actress. She made her debut in Band Aid (2017) and rose to prominence for her role as Girl in...
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Débora Lyra (born September 26, 1989) is a Brazilian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Brasil 2010 and represented her country...
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Pullman trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust. Lyra Belacqua, later known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the central character of His Dark Materials...
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Lyra is a lossy audio codec developed by Google that is designed for compressing speech at very low bitrates. Unlike most other audio formats, it compresses...
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Mrs. Coulter (section Relationship with Lyra Belacqua)
Northern Lights: the former lover of Lord Asriel and biological mother of Lyra Belacqua. Mrs. Coulter is 35 years old in the third novel, The Amber Spyglass...
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Aurélio de Lira Tavares (redirect from Aurelio de Lyra Tavares)
Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905m João Pessoa–18 November 1998) was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military...
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Lord Asriel (section Lyra and Marisa Coulter)
of Lyra, his life changed. Mrs Coulter's husband, Edward Coulter, attacked Lyra and her foster mother intending to harm and possibly murder Lyra. Lord...
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Raquel Teixeira Lyra Lucena (born 2 December 1978) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and the current governor of Pernambuco since 2023. Lyra was mayor of...
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She-Hulk (Lyra) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jeff Parker and Mitch Breitweiser, the character...
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latter handling international distribution. The show follows the orphan Lyra as she searches for a missing friend and discovers a kidnapping plot related...
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Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (11 May 1933 – 16 December 2023) was a Brazilian singer, and composer of numerous bossa nova and Música popular brasileira...
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