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, chromium, vanadium, or magnesium. The name sapphire is derived via the Latin "sapphir ...

'' 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 Kinderkanal" ...

, a German pop group *

Saphir (rocket) Saphir VE231 (French, meaning ''sapphire'') was a French sounding rocket. It was part of the "''pierres précieuses''" ("precious stones") family of launch vehicles. Saphir was used between 1965 and 1967 and had a payload capacity of . The rocket ...

, 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 ( he, יעקב הלוי ספיר; 1822–1886) was a 19th-century writer, ethnographer, researcher of Hebrew manuscripts, a traveler and emissary of the rabbis of Eastern European Jewish descent who settled in Jerusalem during his ...

(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 Austrian-Jewish satirical writer and journalist. Life Saphir was the son of the merchant Gottlieb (Is ...

(1795–1858), Austrian-Jewish writer *

Saphir Taïder Saphir Sliti Taïder ( ar, سفير سليتي تايدر; born 29 February 1992) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder, central midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national football team, A ...

, 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 f ...

, 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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