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Lyra (other)
Lyra is a constellation. Lyra may also refer to: Music Instruments * Lyre, a stringed musical instrument used in ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece and elsewhere ** Lyres of Ur, a stringed musical instrument used in ancient Mesopotamia ** Byzantine lyra, a bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire ** Lyra (Cretan), a bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece ** Lira Calabrese, a bowed instrument used in folk music in Calabria, Italy ** Lira da braccio, a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance ** Kemenche, a bowed instrument used in folk music in Turkey, Greece and Iran * RCA Lyra, a line of digital audio players Songs / Compositions * "Lyra" (song), a 2007 song by Kate Bush * "Lyra", a song by Breaking Benjamin from the 2018 album ''Ember'' * "Lyra", a song by Big Red Machine from their self-titled album * ''Lyra'', a composition for trumpet and piano by Hale A. VanderCook People As a given name * Lyra McKee (1990–2019), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyra
Lyra (; Latin for lyre, from Greek ''λύρα'') is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the modern 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra was often represented on star maps as a vulture or an eagle carrying a lyre, and hence is sometimes referred to as Vultur Cadens or Aquila Cadens ("Falling Vulture" or "Falling Eagle"), respectively. Beginning at the north, Lyra is bordered by Draco, Hercules, Vulpecula, and Cygnus. Lyra is nearly overhead in temperate northern latitudes shortly after midnight at the start of summer. From the equator to about the 40th parallel south it is visible low in the northern sky during the same (thus winter) months. Vega, Lyra's brightest star, is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and forms a corner of the famed Summer Triangle asterism. Beta Lyrae is the prototype of a class of binary stars known as Beta Lyrae variables. These bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Lyra
Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (born 11 May 1933) is a Brazilian singer and composer of numerous bossa nova and Música popular brasileira classics. He and Antonio Carlos Jobim, were the first two music composers, together with lyricists Vinicius de Moraes and Ronaldo Boscoli, to be recorded by João Gilberto João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was of ... on his first LP entitled ''Chega de Saudade'' (1959), which was called the first generation of Bossa Nova. Career His first song to be recorded was "Menina" (1954), issued as a single by Sylvia Telles in 1955, with "Foi a noite" by Antonio Carlos Jobim on the other side of the record. The writers first met because of this single, when Jobim called Lyra "the other side of the record". At that time, both were writing their own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyra Heartstrings
The ''My Little Pony'' franchise debuted in 1982, as the creation of American illustrator and designer Bonnie Zacherle. Together with sculptor Charles Muenchinger and manager Steve D'Aguanno, Zacherle submitted a design patent in August 1981 for "an ornamental design for a toy animal". She was then working for Hasbro. The patent was granted in August 1983. Main pony line Earth ponies Pegasus ponies Pegasus Pegasus ( grc-gre, Πήγασος, Pḗgasos; la, Pegasus, Pegasos) is one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine stallion usually depicted as pure white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as hor ... ponies all have wings, and demonstrate great speed both in the air and on foot. Some are described to be graceful. They are seen manipulating the weather in several occasions such as moving clouds to either cause a storm or clear the skies. They are known to live in a magical island known as Butterfly Island in Generation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyra (Pokémon)
Lyra (; Latin for lyre, from Greek ''λύρα'') is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the modern 89constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra was often represented on star maps as a vulture or an eagle carrying a lyre, and hence is sometimes referred to as Vultur Cadens or Aquila Cadens ("Falling Vulture" or "Falling Eagle"), respectively. Beginning at the north, Lyra is bordered by Draco, Hercules, Vulpecula, and Cygnus. Lyra is nearly overhead in temperate northern latitudes shortly after midnight at the start of summer. From the equator to about the 40th parallel south it is visible low in the northern sky during the same (thus winter) months. Vega, Lyra's brightest star, is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and forms a corner of the famed Summer Triangle asterism. Beta Lyrae is the prototype of a class of binary stars known as Beta Lyrae variables. These b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Man Star Force
, , and are 2006 action role-playing video games developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console; combined, they are the first game in the ''Mega Man Star Force'' series, a sub series of the greater ''Mega Man'' franchise—and a follow up to the '' Mega Man Battle Network'' series. It takes place in the years of 220X, in which technology has advanced to the point where the world is now connected through EM waves. The game follows Geo Stelar, a fifth-grader in Echo Ridge who merges with an FM-ian named Omega-Xis after mourning the supposed death of his father. The ''Mega Man Battle Network'' series had concluded with the sixth game in 2005, with the developers citing the new DS hardware as their reasoning for its ending. ''Mega Man Star Force'' continues several gameplay and story elements introduced in ''Battle Network'', with battles taking place on a 3-by-5 grid in which Mega Man is limited to moving left to right in one row and attacking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She-Hulk (Lyra)
She-Hulk (Lyra) is a fictional antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is from an alternate future of Marvel's main timeline, and is the daughter of that reality's Thundra and the 616 Hulk. Publication history Created by writer Jeff Parker and artist Mitch Breitweiser, Lyra first appeared in a one-shot story entitled ''Hulk: Raging Thunder'' #1 (August 2008), and then in ''Hulk Family: Green Genes'' #1 (February 2009). The character "received enough of a positive fan response to earn her a try-out in a brand-new mini-series."The New Green: Fred Van Lente on Savage She-Hulk , March 17, 2009 So in 2009 ''All New Savage She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyra Belacqua
Lyra Belacqua (), also known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the heroine of Philip Pullman's trilogy ''His Dark Materials''. In ''His Dark Materials'' Lyra is a young girl who inhabits a universe parallel to our own. Brought up in the cloistered world of Jordan College, Oxford, she finds herself embroiled in a cosmic war between Lord Asriel on one side, and a deity figure known as The Authority and his Regent, Metatron, on the other. Lyra also features prominently in the subsequent trilogy '' The Book of Dust''. Background and life Lyra Belacqua, aged around eleven at the beginning of the trilogy, is the daughter of Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter in a fictional Oxford, similar to our own. She was brought up at Jordan College, where the scholars, professors and servants treat her as an adopted daughter. She was raised believing that her parents had died in an airship crash, and that Lord Asriel was her uncle, and later learned the truth from John Faa, leader of the Gyptians. Lyra spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyra (singer)
Laura McNamara, known professionally as Lyra, is an Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Early life and musical development Lyra grew up in County Cork, Ireland. In an interview with the ''Irish Independent'', she told of her early love of singing and performing. She has also said that her experiences singing in her church choir, and in speech and drama lessons were formational in the development of her singing. She has highlighted her love of Irish "luminaries" Enya and Sinéad O'Connor, artists whom critics, among others such as Kate Bush and Florence and the Machine, have subsequently likened her music to. Although she wishes to maintain a degree of mystery, she has confirmed that 'Lyra' is one of her given names. Career Lyra released her first EP ''W.I.L.D'' on 15th July 2016, but gained most of her recognition following the featuring of "Emerald" on the second episode of the RTÉ drama ''Striking Out'', and the subsequent featuring of her music. The sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Lyra
Markus Ludvig Lyra (born 3 August 1945 Helsinki) is a Finnish retired diplomat. He served as Ambassador of Finland to Sweden in 2010–2011. He has been employed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 1973. In 2005–2010, Lyra served as the Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to joining the Political Department, Lyra served as its department head for the years 2000–2004. From 1996 to 2000 he served as Ambassador in Moscow. Lyra has a Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ..., obtained in 1970. Lyra's spouse was Helena Lyra (died in 2008). They have four children. Markus Lyra's mother tongue is Swedish. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyra, Markus Ambassad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Lyra
João José Pereira de Lyra (17 June 1931 – 12 August 2021) was a Brazilian businessman and politician. Career Lyra was a Member of the Federal Senate from 1989 to 1991, and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2007, and from 2011 to 2015. His wealth was once estimated at $140 million, making him at one point Brazil's richest Member of Parliament. He was named in the 2016 Panama Papers The Panama Papers ( es, Papeles de Panamá) are 11.5 million leaked documents (or 2.6 terabytes of data) that were published beginning on April 3, 2016. The papers detail financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 ... leak. Death Lyra died from complications of pneumonia and bronchoaspiration in August 2021, following a battle with COVID-19. References 1931 births 2021 deaths Brazilian businesspeople Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Alagoas Politicians from Recife People named in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Lyra
Fernando Lyra (8 October 1938 – 14 February 2013) was a Brazilian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 1985 to 1986. Born in Recife in 1938, Lyra died in São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ... on 14 February 2013, at the age of 74. References 1938 births 2013 deaths Ministers of Justice of Brazil Government ministers of Brazil Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Politicians from Recife {{Brazil-politician-stub Candidates for Vice President of Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Débora Lyra
Débora Lyra (born September 26, 1989) is a Brazilian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Brasil 2010 and worldwide winner of Miss Multiverse in 2014. Biography Lyra was born in Vila Velha, but spent two years living in the town of Divinópolis. She was a model since age 8 and had wanted to be Miss Brasil since age 12. With the encouragement of her father, she soon began to participate in and win some beauty contests. She also landed a few modeling jobs, but at 15, she took a break from acting to work in an export company café, where she remained for four years, to help her family pay for their house. At 18, she met the state coordinator of Minas Gerais, who invited her to live in Divinópolis and prepared to participate in international beauty contests. She visited various countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belarus, Czech Republic, United States (where she stayed for three months) and Bahamas. Pageantry Lyra won the Miss Minas Gerais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
