Lira is the unit of currency of various countries. Specific currencies Current Turkish lira Lebanese lira Syrian lira Pound, translated "lira" in some languages Former Cypriot lira 1879–2007 French livre 781–1794 Israeli lira 1948–1980 Italian lira 1861–2002 Italian East African lira 1938–1941 Italian Somaliland lira 1925–1926 Luccan lira until 1800 and 1826–1847 Maltese lira 1825–2007 Neapolitan lira 1812–1813 Ottoman lira 1844–1923 Papal lira 1866–1870 Parman lira before 1802 and 1815–1859 Sammarinese lira 1860s–2002 Sardinian lira 1816–1861 Tripolitanian lira 1943–1951 Tuscan lira until 1807 and 1814–1826 Vatican lira 1929–2002 Venetian lira until 1807 Music Lira (Ukrainian instrument), a Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy Lira da braccio, a European bowed string instrument played during the Renaissance Byzantine lyra or lira, a medieval bowed string instrument Calabrian lira, a bowed string instrument Cretan lyra, a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed instrument Lyre, a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later periods Lingm or lira, a Bhutanese flute People Lira (name), a surname and given name Lira (singer) (born 1979), South African singer Places Lira, Salvaterra de Miño, a village in Galicia, northwestern Spain Lira, Carnota, a village in Galicia, northwestern Spain Lira, Uganda, a town in northern Uganda Lira District, an administrative district in northern Uganda Lira gas field, in the Black Sea Mount Lira, in Antarctica Other uses Lira (mollusc), lines or ridges on the shell of molluscs or brachiopods Lira (Encantadia), a fictional character in Encantadia Lira (ISS), a communications system Lira Airport, in Uganda Lira BK, a Swedish football club Liberal Reform Party (Czech Republic), a Czech political party Locked-in retirement account, a Canadian investment account designed to hold locked-in pension funds for former plan members Alfa class submarine or Lira class submarine Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport, in Rome, Italy Lira 512, a Yugoslav clone of the IBM PC/XT computer Lira-San, a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe See also Lire (disambiguation) Liria (disambiguation) Lyra (disambiguation) Lyre (disambiguation)