In European tradition, a zephyr is a light wind or a

west wind A west wind is a wind that originates in the west and blows in an eastward direction. Mythology and Literature In European tradition, it has usually been considered the mildest and most favorable of the directional winds. In Greek mythology, ...

, named after Zephyrus, the Greek god or personification of the west wind. Zephyr may also refer to:

Arts and media

Fiction

Fiction media

* ''Zephyr'' (film), a 2010 Turkish feature film * ''Zephyr'' (video game), a 1994 PC game

Fictional characters

Zephyr (comics) The Elementals is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A variation of the Elementals appeared in the 2019 Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Spider-Man: Far From Home''. Publication history The E ...

, a character in the Marvel Comics universe * Zephyr (''Queer as Folk''), a fictional comic book character created by characters in ''

Queer as Folk ''Queer as Folk'' may refer to: * ''Queer as Folk'' (British TV series), 1999–2000 * ''Queer as Folk'' (American TV series), a 2000–2005 American and Canadian version of the UK series ** ''Queer as Folk'' soundtracks, soundtrack albums from ...

'' * Zephyr, a playable character from '' Warframe'' * Characters named Zephyr also appear in: ** ''

City of Heroes ''City of Heroes'' (''CoH'') was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSOFT. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004, and in Europe by NCsoft Europe on Febru ...

'', a video game ** ''

Heroes of Newerth ''Heroes of Newerth'' (''HoN'') was a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game originally developed by S2 Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The game idea was derived from the ''Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'' custom ma ...

'', a video game ** '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame II'', a film (voiced by Haley Joel Osment) ** ''Killjoys'' (TV series), a TV series ** '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'', a TV series ** ''

Need for Speed Rivals A need is dissatisfaction at a point of time and in a given context. Needs are distinguished from wants. In the case of a need, a deficiency causes a clear adverse outcome: a dysfunction or death. In other words, a need is something required for a ...

'', a video game ** ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...

'', a manga series ** '' Ratchet & Clank'', a video game series ** ''

Resonance of Fate ''Resonance of Fate'' is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released in January 2010 in Japan and March 2010 in Western territories. The game uses a fast-paced strateg ...

'', a video game ** ''

Tornado Outbreak __NOTOC__ A tornado outbreak is the occurrence of multiple tornadoes spawned by the same synoptic scale weather system. The number of tornadoes required to qualify as an outbreak typically are at least six to ten, with at least two rotational l ...

'', a video game ** '' XCOM: Chimera Squad'', a video game ** '' How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming'', a short animated film

Fictional concepts and objects

* In the TV series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', Zephyr One, a transport and mobile headquarters * In the novel '' Boy's Life'', an Alabama town and setting of the novel * In the 2010 film ''

Knight and Day ''Knight and Day'' is a 2010 American satirical action comedy film directed by James Mangold and starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. The film was the second on-screen collaboration of Cruise and Diaz, following the 2001 film ''Vanilla Sky''. ...

'', a prototype battery * In ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "

The Mighty Casey "The Mighty Casey" is episode thirty-five of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. Its title is a reference to the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat". It originally aired on June 17, 1960 on CBS. Opening narration Plot "M ...

", The Hoboken Zephyrs, a baseball team * In the children's book ''

The Wreck of the Zephyr ''The Wreck of the Zephyr'' is a children's book written and illustrated by the American author Chris Van Allsburg, first published by Houghton Mifflin in March 1983. Plot While exploring the seaside clifftop near a small fishing village, the nar ...

'', a sailboat * In the video game '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', an obtainable bow *In the video game '' Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!'', a realm home to bug-like inhabitants

Music

Albums

* ''Zephyr'' (Zephyr album) * ''Zephyr'' (Basement Jaxx album), a 2009 EP by Basement Jaxx

Performers

Zephyr (band) Zephyr was an American hard rock band formed in 1969 in Boulder, Colorado by guitarist Tommy Bolin, keyboardist John Faris, bass guitarist David Givens, drummer Robbie Chamberlin, and vocalist Candy Givens. The band's first release, ''Zephyr'' ...

, a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1968 in Boulder, Colorado *

The Zephyrs The Zephyrs are an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band. They have released five albums and two EPs containing their shoegazing folk-rock style. Band history Brothers Stuart (vocals, guitar) and David Nicol (bass) had been playing music toge ...

, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band * Zephyr Quartet, a string quartet based in Adelaide, South Australia

Songs

* "Zephyr" (Madeon song), written and produced by Madeon, from the album ''Adventure'' * "Zephyr", a song from the Mary Chapin Carpenter album ''

The Age of Miracles ''The Age of Miracles'' is the debut novel by the American writer Karen Thompson Walker. It was published in June 2012 by Random House in the United States and Simon & Schuster in the United Kingdom. The book chronicles the fictional phenomenon of ...

'' * "Zephyr", a song by one man project Conjure One (Rhys Fulber) from the album '' Exilarch'' * "

The Zephyr Song "The Zephyr Song" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released as the second single released from their eighth studio album, ''By the Way'' (2002), on August 17, 2002. The song, as a single, was released in two parts. Both edi ...

", from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album ''By the Way'' * "Zephyrus" (Bloc Party song), by the band Bloc Party, on their album ''Intimacy'' * "Andvari" (translates to ''zephyr'' from Icelandic), a song on the Sigur Rós album '' Takk...''

Radio stations

WRKN (FM) WRKN (106.1 FM, "106.1 Nash Icon") is a country music-formatted radio station serving the New Orleans area. The Cumulus Media outlet broadcasts at 106.1 MHz with an ERP of 28 kW, and is licensed to Picayune, Mississippi. Its studios ar ...

, an alternative rock station (formerly known as 106.1 the Zephyr) in New Orleans, Louisiana *

KZFR KZFR (90.1 FM) is a non-profit, community radio station located in Chico, California. The idea started out as a translator for KPFA in Berkeley, California, Berkeley in 1981, but when it began transmitting in July 1990 it was locally originated co ...

, a community radio station in Chico, California *

WZPH-LP WZPH (96.7 FM, "The Zephyr") is a low-power radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Dade City, Florida, United States, and serving Zephyrhills and Dade City Dade City is a city in and the county seat of Pasco County, Flor ...

, 96.7 FM The Zephyr, a Classic Oldies station located in Zephyrhills, Florida

Other media

* ''Zephyr'' (sculpture), a 1998 stainless steel sculpture by Steve Wooldridge *

Zephyr Books Zephyr Books were published by The Continental Book Company,Georg Svensson, ''Minnen och möten : ett liv i bokens tjänst'', pages 106–8, Bonniers, Stockholm, 1987, http://libris.kb.se/bib/7147512 a subsidiary of the Swedish Bonnier Group, fro ...

, a publishing imprint of the Continental Book Company in the 1940s

Businesses

, a publishing imprint of the Continental Book Company in the 1940s * Zephyr Headwear, a headwear company *

Zephyr Technology Zephyr Technology Corporation, (also known as Zephyr) is a privately owned manufacturer of advanced heart rate monitors, remote physiological monitoring and wireless telehealth systems for remote patient monitoring. Based in Annapolis, Maryland ...

, a medical technology company *

Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions was a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop located in Santa Monica, California, that opened in 1971 and closed in 1976. The building was designated as a City Landmark in 2007. History In 197 ...

, a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop

People

Zephyr (artist) ZEPHYR, born Andrew Witten, is a graffiti artist, lecturer and author from New York City. He began writing graffiti in 1975 using the name "Zephyr" in 1977. He is considered a graffiti "elder", who along with Futura 2000, Blade, PHASE 2, CASH, Lad ...

, graffiti artist from New York City *

Mikhail Mukasei Mikhail Isaakovich Mukasei (russian: Михаил Исаакович Мукасей; 13 August 1907, Zamostsye, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire – 19 August 2008, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet spy codenamed Zephyr. Biography The son of a ...

(code name: Zephyr), Soviet spy active from the 1940s through the 1970s * Zephyr Moore Ramsey, African American lawyer based in Southern California * Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham University and former candidate for governor of New York *

Zephyr Wright Zephyr Wright (née Zephyr Black; 1915 – April 25, 1988) was an African-American civil rights activist and personal chef for President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from 1942 until 1969. Wright was an influence of the passage of the Civi ...

, African American civil rights activist and chef for President Lyndon Johnson

Places

* Zephyr, Ontario, Canada * Zephyr, North Carolina, US *

Zephyr, Texas Zephyr is an unincorporated community located in Brown County, Texas, United States. According to the ''Handbook of Texas'', the community had an estimated population of 198 in 2000. Geography Zephyr is situated along U.S. Highway 84 in southeas ...

, US *

Zephyr Cove, Nevada Zephyr Cove is a community and census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 565 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Zephyr Cove–Round Hill Village CDP. History Before Zephyr Cove ...

, US * Zephyr Glacier, in Antarctica *

Zephyrhills, Florida Zephyrhills is a city in Pasco County, Florida, United States. The population was counted at 17,194 in the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Tampa Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. Zephyrhills is also known as the headquarters of the Zephyrhill ...

Science and technology

Computing

Zephyr (operating system) Zephyr is a small real-time operating system (RTOS) for connected, resource-constrained and embedded devices (with an emphasis on microcontrollers) supporting multiple architectures and released under the Apache License 2.0. Zephyr includes a ker ...

, small real-time operating system *

Zephyr (protocol) Created at MIT as part of Project Athena, Zephyr was designed as an instant messaging protocol and application-suite with a heavy Unix background. Using the "do one thing, do it well" philosophy of Unix, it was made up of several separate program ...

, an instant messenger protocol and application-suite *Zephyr, a hardware revision of Microsoft's

Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation ...

video game console * Zephyr, a commercial test management tool sold by

SmartBear Software SmartBear Software is an American privately-held information technology company that delivers tools for application performance monitoring (APM), software development, software testing, API testing and API management. The company is based in ...

Other uses in science and technology

* ''Zephyr'' (rover), a NASA concept for a robotic Venus rover * ''

Zephyranthes ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Western Hemisphere and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which no ...

'', a plant genus whose species include the zephyr lily *

Washoe Zephyr The Washoe Zephyr is a seasonal diurnal wind which occurs across western Nevada just east of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It blows primarily in the summer from mid afternoon until late in the evening from the west to southwest, becoming quite gusty ...

, a meteorological phenomenon in the western US

Transportation

Aviation

Advanced Aviation Zephyr The Advanced Aviation Explorer is a two-seat ultralight marketed in kit form, for homebuilt aircraft, amateur construction. It is a high-wing Conventional landing gear, taildragger aircraft of pusher configuration with tandem seating.Cliche, Andre ...

, ultralight, homebuilt aircraft * Addyman Zephyr, a one-off, single seat sailplane * Airbus Zephyr or Qinetiq Zephyr, a series of solar-powered UAVs *

ATEC Zephyr The ATEC 122 Zephyr 2000 is a Czech ultralight aircraft, designed by Oldrich Olansky and produced by ATEC v.o.s. of Libice nad Cidlinou. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction.Bertrand, ...

, Czech ultralight aircraft manufactured by ATEC * Bartlett Zephyr, light, civil aircraft of the 1940s *

Fouga Zéphyr Fouga (also known as Air Fouga) was a French manufacturing company established by Gaston Fouga at Béziers during 1920. Originally specialising in the repair of railway rolling stock, the firm eventually became most noted for the aircraft it p ...

, a carrier-capable jet trainer for the French Navy, based on the Fouga Magister * Qinetiq Zephyr, later Airbus Zephyr, a solar powered unmanned air vehicle * RAE Zephyr, 1923 pusher biplane

Maritime

* – one of several mercantile vessels of that name * ''Zephyr'' (dinghy), a New Zealand sailing dinghy class * HMS ''Zephyr'', eight ships of the British Royal Navy * RV ''Zephyr'', research vessel * USS ''Zephyr'' (PC-8), United States Navy ship * ''Zephyr Seaport Liberty Cruise'', a sightseeing service operated by

Circle Line Downtown Circle Line Downtown is a sightseeing harbor cruise company that operates out of the South Street Seaport Pavilion Pier at the Financial District in Manhattan under Harbor Experience Companies. History Circle Line Downtown was established by Pre ...

in New York

Rail

Zephyr (train) A zephyr is a stream-liner train-set of locomotives or power cars with matching passenger cars. Zephyr train-sets with proper names include: {{tocright Amtrak *''Illinois Zephyr'', Chicago, Illinois to Quincy, Illinois *''California Zephyr'', Chica ...

, a type of train-set with matching streamlined locomotive and passenger cars

Road

* Ford Zephyr, a 1950–1972 British executive car * Kawasaki Zephyr, a 1989–2000 Japanese sport bike * Lincoln-Zephyr, a 1936–1942 American mid-size luxury car **

Lincoln-Zephyr V12 engine The Lincoln Zephyr V12'' was a 75° V12 engine introduced by Ford Motor Company's Lincoln division for the Lincoln-Zephyr in 1932. Originally displacing , it was also manufactured in and displacements between 1940 and 1948. Lincoln produced t ...

, a 1936–1948 series of engines * Lincoln Zephyr, a 2022–present Chinese mid-size luxury sedan * Lincoln MKZ, a 2006–2020 American mid-size luxury sedan, originally named the ''Lincoln Zephyr'' * Mercury Zephyr, a 1978–1983 American compact car

Sport

Zephyr (garment) A zephyr is a garment worn in competitive rowing. A zephyr is usually a short-sleeved T-shirt with a front opening, with the opening and sleeve ends trimmed in the colours of the club. See also *Sportswear (activewear) Sportswear or acti ...

, a garment used in competitive rowing * Chicago Zephyrs, former name of the NBA franchise currently known as the Washington Wizards *

Muskegon Zephyrs The Muskegon Zephyrs were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League (1945–2001), International Hockey League from 1960 to 1965. Muskegon were Turner Cup champions in 1962. In 1962–63, Zephyrs defenceman Ger ...

, former ice hockey team *

New Orleans Zephyrs New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

, the former name of the Pacific Coast League franchise now known as the New Orleans Baby Cakes *

Zephyr skateboard team The Zephyr Competition Team (or Z-Boys) were a group of American skateboarders in the mid-1970s from Santa Monica and Venice, California. Originally consisting of 12 members, the Z-boys were originally sponsored by the Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zeph ...

, also known as Z-Boys, in the 1970s

Other uses

* Zephyrus, one of the Anemoi and the Greek god of the west wind *

Zephyr (cloth) Zephyr or zephyr cloth is a sheer, lightweight cotton fabric, usually plain woven, used for dress A dress (also known as a frock or a gown) is a garment traditionally worn by women or girls consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice ...

, a lightweight cotton fabric * Zephyr, a cultural festival of

Orissa Engineering College Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar is a First private engineering college established in Odisha. It was set up in 1986. Orissa Engineering College is the Odisha Electronics Control Library result of the vision of Shri Kamini Kanta Patnaik ...

* Zephyr, a wooden roller coaster at the former amusement park

Pontchartrain Beach Pontchartrain Beach was an amusement park located in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It was founded by Harry J. Batt Sr. (grandfather of American actor Bryan Batt) and later managed and owned by his sons, Harry J ...

, New Orleans, Louisiana