Zephyr (passenger Train)

In European tradition, a zephyr is a light wind or a west wind, 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), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
* Zephyr (''Queer as Folk''), a fictional comic book character created by characters in ''Queer as Folk''
* Zephyr, a playable character from '' Warframe''
* Characters named Zephyr also appear in:
** ''City of Heroes'', a video game
** '' Heroes of Newerth'', 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 video game
** '' One Piece'', a manga series
** '' Ratchet & Clank'', a video game series
** '' Resonance of Fate'', a video game
** '' Tornado Outbreak'', 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'', a prototype battery
* In ''The Twilight Zone'' episode " The Mighty Casey", The Hoboken Zephyrs, a baseball team
* In the children's book '' The Wreck of the Zephyr'', 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), a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1968 in Boulder, Colorado
* The Zephyrs, 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''
* "Zephyr", a song by one man project Conjure One (Rhys Fulber) from the album '' Exilarch''
* " The Zephyr Song", 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), an alternative rock station (formerly known as 106.1 the Zephyr) in New Orleans, Louisiana
* KZFR, a community radio station in Chico, California
* WZPH-LP, 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, a publishing imprint of the Continental Book Company in the 1940s

Businesses

* Zephyr Books, a publishing imprint of the Continental Book Company in the 1940s
* Zephyr Headwear, a headwear company
* Zephyr Technology, a medical technology company
* Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions, a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop

People

* Zephyr (artist), graffiti artist from New York City
* Mikhail Mukasei (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, African American civil rights activist and chef for President Lyndon Johnson

Places

* Zephyr, Ontario, Canada
* Zephyr, North Carolina, US
* Zephyr, Texas, US
* Zephyr Cove, Nevada, US
* Zephyr Glacier, in Antarctica
*Zephyrhills, Florida

Science and technology

Computing

* Zephyr (operating system), small real-time operating system
* Zephyr (protocol), an instant messenger protocol and application-suite
*Zephyr, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console
* Zephyr, a commercial test management tool sold by SmartBear Software

Other uses in science and technology

* ''Zephyr'' (rover), a NASA concept for a robotic Venus rover
* '' Zephyranthes'', a plant genus whose species include the zephyr lily
* Washoe Zephyr, a meteorological phenomenon in the western US

Transportation

Aviation

* Advanced Aviation Zephyr, ultralight, homebuilt aircraft
* Addyman Zephyr, a one-off, single seat sailplane
* Airbus Zephyr or Qinetiq Zephyr, a series of solar-powered UAVs
* ATEC Zephyr, Czech ultralight aircraft manufactured by ATEC
* Bartlett Zephyr, light, civil aircraft of the 1940s
* Fouga Zéphyr, 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 in New York

Rail

* Zephyr (train), 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, 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 garment used in competitive rowing
* Chicago Zephyrs, former name of the NBA franchise currently known as the Washington Wizards
* Muskegon Zephyrs, former ice hockey team
* New Orleans Zephyrs, the former name of the Pacific Coast League franchise now known as the New Orleans Baby Cakes
* Zephyr skateboard team, 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), a lightweight cotton fabric
* Zephyr, a cultural festival of Orissa Engineering College
* Zephyr, a wooden roller coaster at the former amusement park Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans, Louisiana

See also

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* Zephir (disambiguation)
* Zefir (disambiguation)
* Xephyr, a unix computer display server which targets a window on a host X Server as its framebuffer
* Sapphire (disambiguation)

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