Lydia
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Etymology [edit]
Ancient Greek Λυδία, said to be named for a king Λυδός (Lydus). From Ancient Greek Λυδία (lydia, “beauty, beautiful, noble one”).
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Lydia
- A historic region of SW Asia Minor/Persia.
- (biblical) A woman converted by Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 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.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Acts 16:14:
- A female given name
- 1813 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice/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.
- 1990 Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, ISBN 0060163976, page 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.
- 1813 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice/Chapter 9:
Derived terms [edit]
- adjective: Lydian
Related terms [edit]
- pet form: Liddy
Translations [edit]
historical region
biblical woman
female given name
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Lydia
- (biblical) Lydia.
- A female given name.
French [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Lydia
- A female given name, a Latinized variant of Lydie.
German [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Lydia
- (biblical) Lydia.
- A female given name.
Norwegian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Lydia
- (biblical) Lydia.
- A female given name.
Swedish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Lydia
- (biblical) Lydia.
- A female given name.
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English proper nouns
- en:Biblical characters
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Biblical characters
- Danish female given names
- French proper nouns
- French female given names
- German proper nouns
- de:Biblical characters
- German female given names
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Biblical characters
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish proper nouns
- sv:Biblical characters
- Swedish female given names
