Lydia

See also: Lýdia and Lýdía

English

Alternative forms

• Lidia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “the region of Lydia”), from λυδία (ludía, “beautiful one, noble one”), a feminine form of Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)); the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or residence in the region of Lydia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.di.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪdiə

Proper noun

Lydia

1. (historical) A region of southwest Asia Minor or Persia.
2. (biblical) A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], “Chapter 9”, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

     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, 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.

Derived terms

• adjective: Lydian
• noun: Lydian stone

Related terms

• pet form: Liddy

Translations

historical region

• Catalan: Lídia (ca) f
• Danish: Lydien
• Estonian: Lüüdia
• Finnish: Lyydia (fi)
• French: Lydie (fr) f
• German: Lydien (de)
• Greek: Λυδία (el) f (Lydía)

  Ancient: Λῡδίᾱ f (Lūdíā)

• Hebrew: לוּד (he) m (Lud)
• Irish: Lidia f
• Japanese: リュディア (Ryudia), リューディア (Ryūdia)
• Latin: Lȳdia f
• Persian: لیدیه (fa) (lidiye)
• Polish: Lidia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lídia (pt) f
• Spanish: Lidia (es) f

biblical woman

• Arabic: لِيدِيَا (līdiyā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 呂底亞／吕底亚 (leoi⁵ dai² aa³)

  Mandarin: 呂底亞／吕底亚 (zh) (Lǚdǐyà)

• Danish: Lydia
• Estonian: Lüüdia
• Finnish: Lyydia (fi)
• French: Lydie (fr) f
• German: Lydia (de)
• Greek: Λυδία (el) f (Lydía)
• Hawaiian: Ludia
• Italian: Lidia (it)
• Latvian: Lidija f
• Maori: Riria
• Norwegian: Lydia (no)
• Persian: لیدیا (lidiyâ)
• Polish: Lidia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lídia (pt) f
• Spanish: Lidia (es) f
• Swedish: Lydia (sv) c

female given name

• Arabic: لِيدِيَا (līdiyā)
• Belarusian: Лі́дзія f (Lídzija)
• Catalan: Lídia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利季娅 (Lìjìyà)

• Czech: Lýdie
• Danish: Lydia
• Estonian: Liidia
• Faroese: Lýdia f
• Finnish: Lyyli (fi), Lyydia (fi)
• French: Lydie (fr) f, Lydia (fr) f
• Galician: Lidia (gl) f
• German: Lydia (de)
• Greek: Λυδία (el) f (Lydía)
• Hawaiian: Lukia, Lilia
• Hungarian: Lídia (hu), Lilla (hu)
• Italian: Lidia (it)
• Japanese: リディア (Ridia)
• Latvian: Lidija f
• Macedonian: Лидија (mk) f (Lidija)
• Maori: Riria
• Norwegian: Lydia (no)
• Persian: لیدیا (lidiyâ)
• Polish: Lidia (pl) f, Lidka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lídia (pt) f
• Romanian: Lidia f
• Russian: Ли́дия (ru) f (Lídija)
• Serbo-Croatian: Lidija (sh) f
• Slovak: Lýdia f
• Slovene: Lidija (sl) f
• Spanish: Lidia (es) f
• Swedish: Lydia (sv) c

Anagrams

• Daily, daily, ylaid

Danish

Proper noun

Lydia

1. Lydia (biblical character).
2. a female given name

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.dja/

Proper noun

Lydia f

1. a female given name, a Latinized variant of Lydie

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlyːdi̯a]

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Proper noun

Lydia f

1. Lydia (biblical character)
2. a female given name

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlyː.di.a/, [ˈlʲyːd̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.di.a/, [ˈliːd̪iä]

Proper noun

Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension

1. Lydia (a country in Asia Minor)
2. a female given name
   • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina Book III, poem IX:

     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

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lȳdia
Genitive	Lȳdiae
Dative	Lȳdiae
Accusative	Lȳdiam
Ablative	Lȳdiā
Vocative	Lȳdia

References

• “Lydia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lydia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lydia

1. Lydia (biblical character).
2. a female given name

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lydia c (genitive Lydias)

1. Lydia (biblical character).
2. a female given name