Lyra

Borrowed from Latin Lyra/lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “a lyre; the constellation Lyra”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɹə/, /ˈlɪəɹ.ə/
• Rhymes: -aɪɹə, -ɪɹə

Lyra

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.
2. (rare) A female given name
   • 2003, Philip Pullman, Lyra's Oxford

     A little parapet ran all the way around the square roof, and Pantalaimon often draped his pine-marten form over the mock-battlements on the corner facing south, and dozed while Lyra sat below with her back against the sun-drenched stone, studying the books she'd brought up with her.

• Lyrae
• Lyrid

• Lary, RYLA, Rayl, Ryal, aryl, ryal, yarl

From English Lyra, from Latin Lyra/lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “a lyre; the constellation Lyra”).

Lyra

1. a female given name
2. (astronomy) the constellation Lyra

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Lyra f (genitive Lyra, plural Lyren)

1. lyre