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Lydia
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Lýdia Lýdía
English
+ (name)
Alternative forms
en Lidia
Etymology
en grc Λυδία the region of Lydia, from grc λυδία beautiful one, noble one, a feminine form of grc Λυδός (Lydus, from grc λυδός (lydus)). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king grc Λυδός (Lydus, from grc λυδός (lydus)); the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or residence in the region of Lydia.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlɪ.di.ə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lydia.wav Southern England
en ɪdiə 3
Proper noun
en Q620765en historical en historical region/and/ancient kingdom in western r/Asia Minor in modern-day c:also/Turkey Ancient Near East.
en Biblical A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.
Acts 16 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
en female Ancient Greek.
Chapter 9 Lydia was a stout, well-grown girl of fifteen, with a fine complexion and good-humoured countenance; a favourite with her mother, whose affection had brought her into public at an early age.
en 1990 w:Sue Miller Family Pictures Harper & Row 0060163976 5 The first three, Macklin, Lydia, and Randall, were the special ones. Even those names, we thought, showed greater imagination, greater involvement on our parents' part, than ours did: Nina, Mary, Sarah.
Derived terms
en Stydia Lydian (adjective) Lydian stone
Related terms
pet form: Liddy
Translations
historical region
Catalan: ca Lídia f
Danish: da Lydien
Estonian: et Lüüdia
Finnish: fi Lyydia
French: fr Lydie f
German: de Lydien
Greek: el Λυδία f
Ancient Greek: grc Λῡδίᾱ f
Hebrew: he לוּד m Lud
Hindi: hi लूदिया m
Irish: ga Lidia f
Japanese: ja リュディア Ryudia, ja リューディア Ryūdia
Latin: la Lȳdia f
Persian: fa لیدیه lidiye
peo 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 Sparda
Polish: pl Lidia f
Portuguese: pt Lídia f
Spanish: es Lidia f
Turkish: tr Lidya
biblical woman
Arabic: ar لِيدِيَا
Cherokee: chr ᎵᏗ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 呂底亞 leoi5 dai2 aa3
Mandarin: cmn 呂底亞 Lǚdǐyà
Danish: da Lydia
Estonian: et Lüüdia
Finnish: fi Lyydia
French: fr Lydie f
German: de Lydia
Greek: el Λυδία f
Hawaiian: haw Ludia
Hebrew: he לִידְיָה Lídyāh
Hindi: hi लुदिया f
Italian: it Lidia
Latvian: lv Lidija f
Māori: mi Riria
Norwegian: no Lydia
Persian: fa لیدیا lidiyâ
Polish: pl Lidia f
Portuguese: pt Lídia f
Spanish: es Lidia f
Swedish: sv Lydia c
female given name
Arabic: ar لِيدِيَا
Belarusian: be Лі́дзія f
Bulgarian: bg Ли́дия f
Catalan: ca Lídia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 利季婭 Lìjìyà
Czech: cs Lýdie
Danish: da Lydia
Esperanto: eo Lidio
Estonian: et Liidia
Faroese: fo Lýdia f
Finnish: fi Lyyli, fi Lyydia
French: fr Lydie f, fr Lydia f
Galician: gl Lidia f
German: de Lydia
Greek: el Λυδία f
Hawaiian: haw Lukia, haw Lilia
Hebrew: he לִידִיָה Lídiyah
Hungarian: hu Lídia, hu Lilla
Italian: it Lidia
Japanese: ja リディア Ridia
Korean: ko 리디아
Latvian: lv Lidija f
Macedonian: mk Лидија f
Māori: mi Riria
Norwegian: no Lydia
Persian: fa لیدیا lidiyâ
Polish: pl Lidia f, pl Lidka f
Portuguese: pt Lídia f
Romanian: ro Lidia f
Russian: ru Ли́дия f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Lidija f
Slovak: sk Lýdia f
Slovene: sl Lidija f
Spanish: es Lidia f
Swedish: sv Lydia c
Turkish: tr Lidya
Ukrainian: uk Лідія f
Anagrams
en adily Daily daily ylaid
en Biblical characters
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
en Lydia biblical character
da female
da Biblical characters
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female, a Latinized variant of Lydie
German
Pronunciation
de [ˈlyːdi̯a]
de De-Lydia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun f
en Lydia biblical character
de female
de Biblical characters
Latin
Etymology
la Lȳdia :bor grc:Λῡδῐ́ᾱ + 1
Pronunciation
Lȳdia
Proper noun
Lȳdia<1>
la Lydia Q620765
la female
la Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus Odes Carmina Book III, poem IX 23 BC - 13 BC Quid sī prīsca redit Venus dīductōsque iugō cōgit aēneō? sī flāva excutitur Chloē reiectaeque patet iānua Lȳdiae? What now, if Love returning should pair us 'neath his brazen yoke once more, and, bright-hair'd Chloe spurning, Horace to off-cast Lydia ope his door?
Declension
Lȳdia<1>
References
Lȳdĭa
Lȳdĭa
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no Lydia Q620765
Lydia biblical character
no female
no Biblical characters
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Lydia.wav
Proper noun
c
en Lydia biblical character
sv female
sv Biblical characters