LYRA
- the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega
- female given name
- musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used esp. in bands
- a northern constellation representing the lyre of Orpheus or Mercury and containing Vega
- as in lyra viol, a lute-like instrument forerunner of the mandolin [adj]