Saphir, meaning ''

sapphire Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium oxide () with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, cobalt, lead, chromium, vanadium, magnesium, boron, and silicon. The name ''sapphire ...

'' in several languages, may refer to: *

Saphir (band) Saphir (German for Sapphire) was an all-female teenage German pop group consisting of four girls. They all were winners of a talent show ''KI.KA LIVE - Beste Stimme gesucht!'' (Best voice wanted) on the German TV-station KI.KA ("Der Kinderkana ...

, a German pop group *

Saphir (rocket) VE 231 Saphir (French, meaning ''sapphire'') was a French two stage sounding rocket. It was part of the ''pierres précieuses'' (fr.: gemstones) program, that included five prototypes Agathe, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis and Saphir, leading up t ...

, a French sounding rocket *

Saphir (train) The ''Saphir'' was an express train operated by the Deutsche Bundesbahn linking the port of Ostend with Dortmund as part of a link between London and the Ruhr. The name ''Saphir'', German for sapphire, refers to the Belgian gemstone industry. Hi ...

, a German train *

Jacob Saphir Jacob Saphir (; 1822–1886), often pronounced Yaakov Sapir, was a 19th-century writer, ethnographer, researcher of Hebrew manuscripts, a traveler and Meshulach, emissary of the rabbis of Eastern European Jewry, Eastern European Jewish descent wh ...

(1822–1886), Russian-Jewish ethnographer, writer, and traveller *

Moritz Gottlieb Saphir Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, born Moses Saphir (8 February 1795 in Lovasberény near Székesfehérvár – 5 September 1858 in Baden bei Wien) was an History of the Jews in Austria, Austrian-Jewish satirical writer and journalist. Life Saphir was the ...

(1795–1858), Austrian-Jewish writer *

Saphir Taïder Saphir Sliti Taïder (; born 29 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Gulf United as a central midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Algeria national team. After beginning professionally with Grenoble in 2010, Taïd ...

, Algerian football player *

Blue Saphir The is a group of fictional characters in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. It comprises the main villains of the second major story arc, which is called the ''Black Moon'' in the manga and ''Sailor Moon Crystal'', and which fil ...

, a character in the Japanese anime ''Sailor Moon'' * French submarine ''Saphir'', any of four vessels of the French Navy * ''Saphir'' (ship), a French slave ship * SAPHIR (Sounder for Probing Vertical Profiles of Humidity), an instrument on the

Megha-Tropiques Megha-Tropiques was a satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change. A collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiale ...

spacecraft

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