Zephyr

Zephyr may refer to a light wind or west wind. It may also refer to:


Arts and media

Fiction

Fictional characters

Fictional concepts and objects

Music

Albums

Performers

  • Zephyr (band), a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1968 in Boulder, Colorado
  • The Zephyrs, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band
  • Zephyr Quartet, a string quartet based in Adelaide, South Australia

Radio stations

  • WRKN (FM), an alternative rock station (formerly known as 106.1 the Zephyr) in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • KZFR, a community radio station in Chico, California
  • WZPH-LP, 96.7 FM The Zephyr, a Classic Oldies station located in Zephyrhills, Florida

Songs

  • "Zephyr" (Madeon song), written and produced by Madeon, from the album Adventure
  • "Zephyr", a song from the Mary Chapin Carpenter album The Age of Miracles
  • "Zephyr", a song by one man project Conjure One (Rhys Fulber) from the album Exilarch
  • "The Zephyr Song", from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album By the Way
  • "Zephyrus" (Bloc Party song), by the band Bloc Party, on their album Intimacy
  • "Andvari" (translates to zephyr from Icelandic), a song on the Sigur Rós album Takk...

Other media

Businesses

People

  • Zephyr (artist), graffiti artist from New York City
  • Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham University and former candidate for governor of New York
  • Mikhail Mukasei, codename Zephyr, Soviet spy active from the 1940s through the 1970s

Places

Science and technology

Computing

  • Xephyr, a KDrive-based X server which targets a window on a host X Server as its framebuffer
  • Zephyr (operating system), small real-time operating system
  • Zephyr (protocol), an instant messenger protocol and application-suite
  • Zephyr, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console

Other uses in science and technology

Transport

Aviation

  • Advanced Aviation Zephyr, ultralight, homebuilt aircraft
  • Addyman Zephyr, a one-off, single seat sailplane
  • Airbus Zephyr or Qinetiq Zephyr, a series of solar-powered UAVs
  • ATEC Zephyr, Czech ultralight aircraft manufactured by ATEC
  • Bartlett Zephyr, light, civil aircraft of the 1940s
  • Fouga Zéphyr, a carrier-capable jet trainer for the French Navy, based on the Fouga Magister
  • Qinetiq Zephyr, later Airbus Zephyr, a solar powered unmanned air vehicle
  • RAE Zephyr, 1923 pusher biplane

Maritime

  • Zephyr – one of several mercantile vessels of that name
  • Zephyr (dinghy), a New Zealand sailing dinghy class
  • HMS Zephyr, eight ships of the British Royal Navy
  • RV Zephyr, research vessel
  • USS Zephyr (PC-8), United States Navy ship
  • Zephyr Seaport Liberty Cruise, a sightseeing service operated by Circle Line Downtown in New York

Rail

  • Zephyr (train), a type of train-set with matching streamlined locomotive and passenger cars

Road

Sport

  • Zephyr (garment), a garment used in competitive rowing
  • Chicago Zephyrs, former name of the NBA franchise currently known as the Washington Wizards
  • Muskegon Zephyrs, former ice hockey team
  • New Orleans Zephyrs, the former name of the Pacific Coast League franchise now known as the New Orleans Baby Cakes
  • Zephyr skateboard team, also known as Z-boys, in the 1970s

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Zephyr
  • All pages with titles containing Zephr
  • Zephir (disambiguation)
  • Zefir (disambiguation)
  • Sapphire (disambiguation)
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