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
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
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
- Zooey Zephyr, Montana state representative
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
- Zephyr – 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
Sports
- Zephyr (garment), a garment used in competitive rowing
- Chicago Zephyrs, former name of the NBA franchise currently known as the Washington Wizards
- Denver Zephyrs, former minor league baseball team
- 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
- Spokane Zephyr FC, a professional women's soccer team
- 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
Search for "Zephyr" on Wikipedia.
- All pages with titles beginning with Zephyr
- All pages with titles containing Zephr
- 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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