Lyra

Lyraname/ˈlaɪ.ɹə/

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  astronomynatural-sciencesA summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

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  A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  • 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.

lyranoun詞源 1

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  datedanatomymedicinesciencesThe middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.

  • The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.

lyranoun詞源 2

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  A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.

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  A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.

  • A Persian scholar of the early tenth century, lbn Khurradadhbih, reported the lyra to be in widespread use throughout the empire, along with organs and bagpipes.
  • The Cretan lyra is considered to be the most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra, an ancestor of most European bowed instruments.
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  A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.

  • According to the Greek musicologist Fivos Anoyanakis, the piriform lyras of Crete have, at various times throughout history, been produced in different sizes and styles.
  • Immediately after the ceremony, the wedding procession, accompanied by the lyra, lute (laouto) and songs, returns to the groom’s house[…]