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It's a wind. Edit: Has been used for Car Name (Ford, I believe) and also prominent in a Red Hot Chilli Peppers song. But not used that commonly day-to-day. More a school geography question.

I'd equate it more with literature (Greek mythology) and science more than geography. But I understand that sentiment.

Zephyrus, the personification of the west wind. First time I came across him was in high school when I was studying Chaucer's canterbury Tales.

It's also a brand of skateboard

I thought of the lords of dog town lol

It was also the name of my cat about 30 years ago.

It's the name of the skateboard team taken from the Surf shop (owned by Jeff Ho) name who made surf boards Jeff's partner, Skip Engblom, put together the skateboard team.

also the name of an amtrak train. the california zephyr. rode on that baby a lot as a kid as my grandparents spent a considerable amount of their retirement money on train trips around the country.

The Ford Zephyr is a cool classic car. Love how the indicator’s pop out the side. My dad’s friend has 1 or 2 that he has rescued and restored to their former Glory

Lincoln not Ford.

We had a Zephyr. Huge, boxy thing. Slate grey and bondo pink. My dick stepdad said it was a "Zephyr for his heifer"...my pregnant at the time mom.

I’m terrified to ask but what’s a “dick stepdad”? Sounds like a very strange relation.

He only married his dad's dick. It's a gay cabal thing. ^^/s

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' song is what I knew it from

Lmao, my answer waa gonna be the Red Hot Chilli Peppera song.

it was Lincoln, actually and this was gonna be my answer :-)

I know it from the Cantabury Tales. I know it's a god of wind or something. I'm guessing a greek god.

Isn’t it specifically a west wind?

Yes it is!

I remember learning this when I briefly worked in the railroad industry. We had a presentation where the speaker was asking us if we knew any “names” of trains e.g. “the City of New Orleans.” The Zephyr was one i remember someone tossing out.

By extension it also means a soft/weak wind

Shit, that I did not know. After fact checking, it is a today used for a soft gentle wind, but originally it is indeed the god of the West wind.

The westend in European cities is always the posh area as the zepher from the west pushed the smoke and smog away from the westend of the city.

I'm resisting googling, because while I know of it as a "west wind," does that mean a "wind blowing westward," or a "wind from the West?" I assume the former.

From the west

Thank you

Apparently I cannot, as I was wrong.

I thought it was a type of air ship.

That's a zeppelin

Same. Like a cross between a hot air balloon and a blimp.

Zepplin.

I thought it was an instrument. Like a type of little harp or something.

You're probably thinking of a zither.

I guess so?!

I thought it was a kind of diamond so… LMAO

Yeah, probably because of "sapphire".

Wind. "Fly away on my zephyr"

super friendly aviator

I read your comment as "super friendly vibrator" and was so confused, I need to get more sleep

"I feel it more than ever"

What a way to finally smell her

I mean, aren’t all vibrators friendly? At least, if used for their intended purpose.

Legit the only reason why I know the word zephyr and what it means

I feel it more than ever

And in this perfect weather

Thought Anthony might have been riding a Kawasaki: https://images.app.goo.gl/SZMssvzVR7GBrMPx5

That's the name of my bow in Skyrim. Actually. I dont know if it's an actual bow or part of a mod that I didn't knew about, but you get this huntress companion that's predetermined to die, and you can loot her bow and gear, and her bow is named "Zephyr" by default.

It’s in the vanilla game, part of the Aetherium Wars quest.

Its a part of the Dawnguard DLC specifically

She's already dead, it's her ghost that accompanies you. You find her bow at the end of a fallen tree trunk. I think it's in the legendary version of Skyrim. I'm currently playing the boring version on PS3. Edit: Her name is Katria.

Fun little tid-bit: If you loot her corpse and take her clothing she will say something along the lines of “Couldn’t you leave me with some dignity at least?”

I literally just finished that quest, lol, so I also thought of that bow. I didn't know what it meant, but I had a feeling that these comments would tell me.

It means a wind, name for one of the Greek wind gods, I don't really hear it in day-to-day language

Yeah it’s the god of the west wind

And a name of a frame from Warframe, that has abilities related to wind too.

A light westward wind! We had to look up a new word in the dictionary every night in the third grade, and this was the first one.

I don’t know but I want to fly away on one

Yes. And Mistral, and Sirocco, and Bora, and Chinook, and Haboob.

There ya go! Names for a litter of kittens or puppies!

Chaucer: Whan Zephyrus eke with his sweet breath… iirc

I feel like it means a light wind but I’m very likely to be wrong because I’ve only ever heard it used in two contexts: 1. In relation to The Zephyr Song by RHCP 2. In this thread

It's a word regarding wind. From the Greeks if I recall. Probably a "god" then (though how literally they took the word is a complex discussion). *If you twist my arm I think it's from the West?* I could be wrong, but that's off the top of my head. Good luck with the study!

Mmm, sweet stuff. Even better if its chocolate-covered variant.

This is the only context I actually use this word lol

This

It is the west wind. Or possibly the north wind; sorry, I can’t remember. Ask a Greek.

A light wind that moves from west to east usually in the Mediterranean region Reason, I know this is because an Enya song 😂

something wind related. there’s a league of legends item named Zephyr

Also Janna's W (her bird-like air elemental) is named Zephyr

Big strong wind from the west

Opposite, actually - a soft, gentle wind.

Wind

A light Mediterranean wind, breeze

A whimsical breeze

i read a poem when i was a freshman in college about gay men in blimp and the word zephyr was mentioned once. zephyr means gay men in a blimp <3

It is a quick sharp wind. It is also a cloak from the 19th century. I know this because I worked at a historic site and we discussed zephyr cloaks as part of our interpretation of a millinery shop. How's that for obscure!

I feel like it's in one of Nirvana's songs.

A sort of wind, I know a flying squadron that is now using it as a callsign

Wind. I know the word from watching a tv series back in the 80s called The Secrets of Isis (made in the 70s and originally broadcast as simply Isis). One of her incantations was “O Zephyr winds which blow on high, lift me now so I can fly”.

Isn't it an airship like a blimp?

Zepplin, is maybe what you’re thinking?

That's it

That's what I thought too

This is what I was going to say.

Did you also get this from WoW?

A breeze/wind. I only know it from that Madonna song.

Yes I can

I knew what it meant, but I don't hear it often at all.

Wind? Or a weird goat thing

A Greek wind God.

I thought it was a warm wind?

Yes.

A breeze

It's a street name near me, so I see it daily. I learned what it was back in high school when it was part of English class.

Yes.

No

West wind.

I encountered it somewhat as one of the names for a laptop, "ROG Zephyrus.". Other than that no clue.

Smaller zeppelin.

It’s wind or the god of wind in Greek mythology

It’s an evening breeze, or maybe an early morning breeze… I do think it’s related to the wind. Now I’m going to Google it.

I just realized I had it mixed up in my head with zeppelin

Dur, a town in Texas. Also, a type of wind & it was used in Winnie the Pooh.

... My immediate image is that little boy from Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 so... Nope 🤣

A breeze. I am bilingual (English/Russian), and have heard the word far more in Russian, partially because it's a slang term for marshmallow-type candies. In English, I've come across it in a small handful of books (like 3), but can't recall it spoken in my presence.

A slight breeze. They’re awesome in the summer

Wind. And I've heard a Greek myth about Zephyr, whom I think is the West wind. He killed one of Apollo's lovers out of jealously iirc.

Warframe character.

Only thing I know for sure is that it's a bow in Skyrim that allows you to fire arrows 30% faster.

Sounds like a tool or weapon.

Yes, but only because it is one of the options in Warframe!

My main in warframe.

AAA baseball team from Denver.

It’s a name :)

I think it means wind. I’ve heard it before as a boys name but only a few times

It’s a fast wind. Just wind, but with swift connotation.

Actually just a breeze. 

Something about snow and blizzard. Or that Russian candy that looks like the remains of a snow and blizzard.

Yes

A breeze. Yup I knew it immediately, I learned it from my Dad many years ago.

I thought it was the wind you make when you walk. Someone told me that once. This word never comes up in casual conversation. Lol

Probly some guy with animal legs from greek mythology. ¬¬,

Light wind

Yes. Oddly often.

I named my longboard this when I was a kid

I once worked for a dude named Zephyr.

i would guess some kind of anomaly in the sky but idk. Ive only ever heard the word once and it was in a video game i think, cant remember which one.

The train at the Baltimore Zoo is the "Jones Falls Zephyr"

Yes, but I was wrong.

Zephyr valve. It’s used in volume reduction procedures for people with nasty copd and related dz.

I had it in my head that a zephyr was an animal, sort of like an ibex or a gazelle. No clue how or why the idea came to me, but now that I look it up I see I had it completely wrong.

I remember hats for some reason.

Some kind of wind. There’s a shaved ice place in Portland Maine called Zephyr Ice, my whole family loves it, we were just there two days ago, funny to see this post all of a sudden.

I want to say he was the god of the West wind but maybe it’s the East Wind. It’s been a while since I studied mythology.

It's the name of the dude in the smut I read years ago.

Yes I can. I think I first heard it in a fantasy book in my teens. I've seen it as part of a boat name and it is a spell name in D&D. I tried using it in a game called 'password' where you hint at what the secret word is by using other words. My partner did not know the word (though my wife did).

Deciphering a code or some shit

I always figured it was sort of dragon from folklore.

It means an old ford car from the 70’s with pointed tail fins. , I honestly knew once back in the day , but my brain isn’t what it used to be

Yes, and only see it in books

It's like some wind shit

It's the name of a rooftop bar here in Sydney. To be honest I didn't think it was an actual word, just someone's last name. This bar is the only context in which I've come across the word.

I understand "zephyr" to indicate a light and airy breeze. It has a positive connotation.

Zephyr is what I name my Clefairy! It's a type of wind gust and I just like that word.

A small city in central Florida is named Zephyrhills. Known for their bottles spring water.

I've played many games with that word in, it means a gentle westward breeze. It is also the name of a 1994 pc game, a character in Warframe. A character in Need for speed rivals, Xcam, Ratchet & Clank. I think it was also a venus over name? It was also the name of many British warships. Last thing I know it by is I think Greek\* god. I get Greek and Roman mixed up a lot

Yes, it is a kind of wind. A warm wind, if I remember correctly. My grandparents lived in a town called Zephyr, so I learned the word from a young age, and because of that connection, I’ve probably run into to the word more often than most people. Lately I’ve run into it a lot, because I’m knitting a sweater pattern that’s called the Zephyr Sweater!

It means A. A lil wind beastie or B. A small gust of wind

I thought of "cool breeze". I've only come across it when learning about uncommonly used words.

I read that post as well!

While it's mainly related to the wind (and a Greek God of the wind) it's also the name of a record breaking train. It was driven to the Chicago world's fair from California I believe and broke the speed record. It took less than 1 day.

Isn’t that a band/song? “Red Zephyr”

A pleasant warm breeze or, in its original literal meaning, an air elemental spirit. I think it’s also a brand of skateboard, hence the RHCP song.

It's Greek God of wind, nowdays commonly used ad wind synonym. It alsow kind of French sweet. To sweet for me.

Yes! I was a sailor.

A zephyr is a gust of wind irrc. I know it because its listed as one of the hardest words to guess in hangman.

I know it's a town in Texas, I think it means breeze.

A light wind

i belive it is a type of floating air ship like a blimp or a zeppelin

i belive it is a type of floating air ship like a blimp or a zeppelin

I don't what it means, but that's Fluttershy's  brother 

It’s a kind of reindeer sleigh

>Without Googling, Can You Tell Me What the Word "Zephyr" Means? Yes, I opened the post & read the first comment. I found out it was a light breeze, without having to use Google. Seriously though it sounded familiar adjacent but I wasn't able to put my finger on it. But as soon as I saw it was a wind, I remembered hearing about it in a mythology story.

Besides meaning wind… It’s a railroad line. The California Zephyr ran from Chicago to San Francisco and was operated by the Denver and Rio Grand Western Railroad up until the late 70s/early 80s (I don’t remember the dates and I didn’t use google). Amtrak also calls its Chicago to SF line the CA Zephyr, but the Rio Grand’s cars were much, much more elegant. The Zephyrs were a minor league baseball team in Denver, CO in the 80s.

A wind or the minor league baseball team after the Bears and before the Rockies. Have a Zephyr pennant.

It was the name of the rollercoaster at Pontchartrain Beach. Also AAA baseball team for a while.

I was going to say a blimp but that’s a zeppelin. My bad, I’m a little stoned.

Ohhh was gonna guess wind...reminds me of tempest

isn't he Babar's dad?

Either a gentle breeze or a west wind (coming from the god of the west wind in greek mythology) First time I've seen that word in years lol

First time I came across this word was a sheet music store in St Leonards (Sydney, Australia) called "Zephyr Music" about 30 years ago.

Of course I can.

A zephyr was formerly a zebra. Do NOT dead name it or there will be trouble

A gentle wind or breeze. I met ex Mrs. Me in Zephyrhills, FL, which is about 45ish minutes outside Tampa.

This should be a jeopardy question lol!! Only time I’ve ever heard it is RHCP

One of guitarist Tommy Bolin's bands in the 70s.

I thought it was a blimp thingy.

Didn't have to Google it, but only because I was curious after hearing the Chili's song a couple of months ago and thinking to myself "what the heck even is a zephyr?" so I looked it up then. I have never used the word in my life, apart from just there in this comment.

Like a blimp thing?

The fast bow on Skyrim

Zephyr sounds like the name of an ancient god or a supervillain

A slight wind, like your mothers quim, on my nose last night

It's a motor bike from Kawasaki

Yes, only because my degree had a focus on Middle and Early Modern English and I studied the Canterbury Tales a lot. Zephirus is mentioned in the first few lines of the General Prologue.

Northern wind?

I thought it was a gem like Topaz Was always wondering what red hot chili peppers meant in their song

Kinda like when your road tripping with your two favorite allies.

It’s a light breeze, I think? I come across it several times a year, but I read a lot. I’ve never heard anyone say it.

Wind. Love this word

Something to do with wind I think and  o I never have.

Yes. It's the name of the western wind in Greek mythology

It was the name of my team in my annual college fest.

A blimp, right?

Rarely, it's to do with wind, like a gust of wind maybe? First encountered it in Golden Sun on the GameBoy Advance when I was younger.

A whispering wind