Lydia

See also: Lýdia and Lýdía

English

Alternative forms

• Lidia

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     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 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, 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

Related terms

• pet form: Liddy

Translations

historical region

• Danish: Lydien
• Estonian: Lüüdia
• Finnish: Lyydia (fi)
• German: Lydien (de)
• Greek: Λυδία (el) f (Lydía)

  Ancient: Λῡδίᾱ f (Lūdíā)

• Hebrew: לוּד (he) m (Lud)
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• Irish: Lidia f
• Japanese: リュディア (ryudia), リューディア (ryūdia)
• Latin: Lȳdia f
• Persian: لیدیه (Lidiye)
• Polish: Lidia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lídia (pt) f

biblical woman

• Arabic: لِيدِيَا (līdiyā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 呂底亞／吕底亚 (leoi⁵ dai² aa³), 吕底亚 (leoi⁵ dai² aa³)

  Mandarin: 呂底亞／吕底亚 (zh) (Lǚdǐyà), 吕底亚 (zh) (Lǚdǐyà)

• Danish: Lydia
• Estonian: Lüüdia
• Finnish: Lyydia (fi)
• French: Lydie (fr)
• German: Lydia (de)
• Greek: Λυδία (el) f (Lydía)
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• 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)
• Swedish: Lydia (sv)

female given name

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

  Mandarin: 利季娅 (Lìjìyà)

• Czech: Lýdie
• Danish: Lydia
• Estonian: Liidia
• Faroese: Lýdia f
• Finnish: Lyyli (fi), Lyydia (fi)
• French: Lydie (fr)
• Galician: Lidia (gl) f
• German: Lydia (de)
• Greek: Λυδία (el) f (Lydía)
• Hawaiian: Lukia, Lilia
• Hungarian: Lídia (hu), Lilla (hu)
• Italian: Lidia (it)
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• 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)
• Swedish: Lydia (sv)

Anagrams

• Daily, daily, ylaid

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Danish

Proper noun

Lydia

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.dja/

Proper noun

Lydia ?

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

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lydia f

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía).

Proper noun

Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension

1. Lydia (a country in Asia Minor)

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.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Lydia

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

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Swedish

Proper noun

Lydia c (genitive Lydias)

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