Lyra
Pronunciation: LIY-rə (key)
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Lyra is Greek for "lyre". Lyra, or "The Lyre" is the constellation which includes the star Vega.
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Lyra Robinson is one of the real-life twins featured on the Sesame Stret website "Sesame Family Robinson". Her twin sister is Ripley.
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Lyra Belacqua (also known as Lyra Silvertongue), the heroine of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
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