Zephyr
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Zephyr may mean:
- Zephyr, Ontario, a place north of Toronto
- Zephyr (band), a rock band
- The Zephyrs, another band
- Zephyr (computer game), a game developed by New World Computing
- Zephyr (graffiti artist), a well-known graffiti artist from New York City
- zephyr, a code word for lung cancer, first used in 1957 by British American Tobacco in internal documents in an attempt to hide their company's knowledge of the harm caused by tobacco smoking
- Zephyr, a demon boss in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, who attacks using long, sharp claws, throwing daggers and the ability to shortly suspend time (except himself)
- Zephyr, a Jupiter (Wind) Djinni in Golden Sun, who can increase the party's speed when called on in battle
- Zephyr DBMS, a FoxPro-compatible database management system which was popular on IBM PCs in the 1990s
- Zephyr (protocol), an instant messenger protocol and application-suite
- rowing zephyr, a garment used in competitive rowing
- The Zephyr Song, by the Red Hot Chili peppers
- New Orleans Zephyrs, an AAA Pacific Coast League minor league baseball team
- Chicago Zephyrs, former name of the NBA franchise currently known as the Washington Wizards
- Zephyrus, one of the Anemoi and the Greek god of the west wind
In transport:
- USS Zephyr (PC-8), a ship of the United States Navy
- Pioneer Zephyr, a diesel-powered railroad trainset built in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
- California Zephyr, a diesel-powered passenger train famous for its use of Vista-Dome cars
- Mercury Zephyr, an automobile
- Lincoln Zephyr, an automobile
- Ford Zephyr, an automobile
- Kawasaki Zephyr, a model of motorcycle
- Ader Avion II, an early aircraft design
- Zephyr, a solar powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV), designed by QinetiQ and scheduled for construction in 2007 [1]
Zephyr may also be:
- A wind, usually the west wind
- A chess engine
- The Zephyr, a wooden roller coaster which was the signature ride at the Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park
- Zephyr Flower, scientific name Zephyranthes candida
- WKSY, or "The Zephyr", an alternative rock station in New Orleans
- A research project on building compilers from reusable components by the university of Virginia [2] (though the project seems abandoned now)
