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Lyra

[ lahy-ruh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, genitive Ly·rae [lahy, -ree]

Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
a female given name.
(lowercase) glockenspiel ( def ).

Lyra

/ ˈlaɪərə /

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

Lyra

/ lī′rə /

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

The unusual textures (santouri, ney, lyra, clarinets, voices) impart a mystical quality to this work.

Hence Shakespeare speaks of 'the lark, that tirra-lyra chants,' Wint.

I took the viall and played some things from one of their books, Lyra lessons, which they seemed to like well.

Lyra d soi, n d' eg, kai kithara leipetai, kai kata polin chrsima; kai au kat' agrous tois nomeusi syrinx an tis ei.

The Norman abbey of Lyra held the great tithes; the vicarial amounted to just one half of them, £6.

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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