Zephyr
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Zephyr may mean:
- Zephyr, Ontario, a place north of Toronto
- Zephyr (band), a rock band
- Zephyr (graffiti artist), a well-known graffiti artist from New York City
- Zephyr (computer game), a game developed by New World Computing
- Zephyrus, one of the Anemoi and the Greek god of the west wind
- Zephyr protocol, an instant messenger protocol and application-suite
- New Orleans Zephyrs, an AAA Pacific Coast League minor league baseball team
- rowing zephyr, a garment used in competitive rowing
- Zephyr DBMS, a FoxPro-compatible database management system which was popular on IBM PCs in the 1990s
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
- Lincoln Zephyr, an automobile
- Kawasaki Zephyr, a model of motorcycle
- Ader Avion II, an early aircraft design
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