Zephyr (Disambiguation)

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**Zephyr** (ゼファー, *Zefā*) may refer to a light wind or west wind. It may also refer to:

## Arts and media

#### Fictional characters

* Zephyr, a character in the Marvel Comics universe.
* Zephyr, a fictional comic book character that was created by some of the characters in *Queer as Folk*
* Zephyr, a character in the video game *Need for Speed Rivals* who is the player-character in the game's Racer storyline
* Zephyr, also known as Z, a character in *One Piece* series.
* Zephyr, a character in the video game series *Ratchet & Clank*
* Zephyr, a playable character in the video game *Resonance of Fate*
* Zephyr, a playable character in the video game *Tornado Outbreak*
* *Zephyr*, a playable character in the video game *Warframe*
* Zephyr, the son of Captain Phoebus and Esmeralda in *The Hunchback of Notre Dame II*, voiced by Haley Joel Osmond

#### Fictional concepts and objects

* *Zephyr*, a centifugal space ship in the 2004 TV series *Battlestar Galactica*
* Zephyr, an Alabama town which serves as the setting of the novel  *Boy's Life*
* The Zephyr, a prototype battery capable of perpetual energy output in the 2010 action/comedy film *Knight and Day*
* The Hoboken Zephyrs, a baseball team in *The Twilight Zone* episode "The Mighty Casey"
* *Zephyr*, the name of the sailboat in the children's book *The Wreck of the Zephyr*

### Music

#### Performers

* Zephyr (band), a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1968 in Boulder, Colorado
* Zephyr (musical project), music by composer Elizabeth Henshaw
* The Zephyrs, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band
* Zephyr Quartet, a string quartet based in Adelaide, South Australia

#### 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

#### Recordings

* *Zephyr*
* *Zephyr*, a 2009 EP by Basement Jaxx
* *Zephyr*, 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*
* *Zephyr National*, Tom Fogerty's third solo album
* "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*

### Other media

* *Zephyr*, a 1998 stainless steel sculpture by Steve Wooldridge on the IUPUI campus

## 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

## People

* Zephyr, graffiti artist from New York City
* Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham University and former candidate for governor of New York
* Mikhail Mukasei, codename Zephyr, Soviet spy active from the 1940s through the 1970s

## Places

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

## Science and technology

*For transportation technology, see* *§ Transport.*
### Computing

* Xephyr, a KDrive-based X server which targets a window on a host X Server as its framebuffer
* Zephyr, small real-time operating system
* Zephyr, an instant messenger protocol and application-suite
* Zephyr, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console

### Other uses in science and technology

* *Zephyranthes*, a plant genus whose species include the zephyr lily

## Transport

### Aviation

* Advanced Aviation Zephyr, ultralight, homebuilt aircraft
* Addyman Zephyr, a one-off, single seat sailplane
* 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, a solar powered unmanned air vehicle
* RAE Zephyr, 1923 pusher biplane

### Maritime

* *Zephyr*, a New Zealand sailing dinghy class
* *Zephyr*, an 1842 opium clipper
* *Zephyr*, a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
* 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

* *Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr*, a passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
* *American Royal Zephyr*, a streamlined passenger train service operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Chicago and Kansas City
* *California Zephyr*, a diesel-powered passenger train, originally famous for its use of Vista-Dome cars
* *Denver Zephyr*, passenger service between Denver and Chicago
* *General Pershing Zephyr*, the ninth of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's *Zephyr* streamliners
* *Illinois Zephyr*, a 258-mile (415 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak that runs between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois
* *Kansas City Zephyr*, a passenger train service between Kansas City and Chicago
* *Mark Twain Zephyr*, an early articulated trainset that was similar to the *Pioneer Zephyr* in style
* Minnesota Zephyr, a heritage railroad operating out of Stillwater, Minnesota
* *Nebraska Zephyr*, a named passenger train of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q, commonly known by the shorter name of "Burlington")
* *Pioneer Zephyr*, a diesel-powered railroad train set built in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
* *Rio Grande Zephyr*, a passenger train operated by Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW or Rio Grande) between Denver, Colorado and Ogden, Utah in the Western United States
* *Sam Houston Zephyr*, a named passenger train operated by the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, and the first streamlined passenger train in Texas
* *San Francisco Zephyr*, the name adopted in June 1972 for the Amtrak passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and the San Francisco Bay Area in California
* *Silver Streak Zephyr*, a train service of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the American midwest. It ran from 1940 through 1959
* *Texas Zephyr*, a passenger service between Denver and Dallas
* *Twin Cities Zephyr*, a streamlined passenger train service of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q)
* *Zephyr Rocket*, a passenger train operated jointly by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Rock Island Railroad
* British Rail Class 180, Diesel Multiple Units operated by Grand Central in England

### Road

* Ford Zephyr, an automobile
* Kawasaki Zephyr, a motorbike
* Lincoln-Zephyr, an automobile produced from 1936 to 1942
* Lincoln MKZ, an automobile, originally named the *Lincoln Zephyr*
* Mercury Zephyr, an automobile

## Sport

* Zephyr, 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, a lightweight cotton fabric
* Zephyr, a cultural festival of Orissa Engineering College
* Zephyr, a wooden roller coaster which was a main attraction at Pontchartrain Beach, a former amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana

## See also

* Zephir (disambiguation)
* Zefir (disambiguation)
* Sapphire (disambiguation)