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Zephyr may refer to:
- A long sappy wind or west wind
- Zephyrus, one of the Anemoi and the Greek god of the west wind
- Zephyranthes, a plant genus whose species include the zephyr lily
- Zephyr (graffiti artist), a well-known graffiti artist from New York City
- Zephyr (protocol), an instant messenger protocol and application-suite
- Zephyr (Wooldridge), a stainless steel sculpture by Steve Wooldridge on the IUPUI campus
- Zephyr, codename of the Soviet spy Mikhail Mukasei, active from the 1940s through the 1970s
- ZEPHYR, a tobacco industry code word for lung cancer
- Zephyr, North Carolina
- Zephyr, Texas
- Ford Zephyr 1950-1972 British Ford (a car)
- Zephyrhills, Florida
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[edit] Aviation
- Advanced Aviation Zephyr, ultralight, homebuilt aircraft
- Bartlett Zephyr, light, civil aircraft of the 1940s
- Fouga Zéphyr, a carrier-capable jet trainer for the French Navy, based on the Fouga Magister
- RAE Zephyr, 1923 pusher biplane
- Qinetiq Zephyr, a solar powered unmanned air vehicle
- Zephyr, original name of the Ader Avion II, an uncompleted 1890s aircraft
[edit] Maritime
- California Zephyr, a diesel-powered passenger train, famous for its use of Vista-Dome cars
- Denver Zephyr, passenger service between Denver and Chicago
- Kansas City Zephyr, passenger train service between Kansas City and Chicago
- Pioneer Zephyr, a diesel-powered railroad train set built in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
- Texas Zephyr, passenger service between Denver and Dallas
[edit] Video games
- Zephyr, a protagonist from Resonance of Fate
- Zephyr, a character in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
- The IFS Zephyr, the zeppelin that crashed at the beginning of the game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
- Zephyr motherboard, a motherboard type for a Xbox 360
- Zephyr, a jupiter djinni in the Golden Sun series
- Zephyr, the name of one of the levels in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! for Playstation
- Zephyr, a hero from Heroes of Newerth
- Zephyr, a white magic spell, that heals the health points (HP) of multiple characters during battle, from RPG's created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. His work includes the Final Fantasy series, Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey
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- Zephyr (band), a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1968 in Boulder, Colorado
- Zephyr (Basement Jaxx album), a 2009 EP by Basement Jaxx
- Zephyr (musical project), music by composer Elizabeth Henshaw
- The Zephyrs, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band
- "The Zephyr Song", the second single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album By the Way
- KZFR, a community radio station in Chico, California
- WMTI, an alternative rock station (formerly known as 106.1 the Zephyr) in New Orleans, Louisiana
- "Zephyr", a song from the Mary Chapin Carpenter album The Age of Miracles
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