Lyra Definition

līrə
noun
A N constellation between Hercules and Cygnus, containing the bright star Vega; the Harp; the Lyre.
Webster's New World

(anatomy, dated) 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.

Wiktionary
pronoun

(astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

Wiktionary
(rare) A female given name.
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Origin of Lyra

  • From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lyra) a "lyre, the constellation Lyra"

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin from lyra lyre lyre

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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LLYLYR

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ARAYRA

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Lyra

Words Starting With L and Ending With A

Starts With L & Ends With AStarts With LY & Ends With AStarts With L & Ends With RA

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