Lydia

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English

Etymology

Ancient Greek Λυδία, said to be named for a king Λυδός (Lydus).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪdiə

Proper noun

Lydia

  1. A historic region of SW Asia Minor.
  2. (Biblical) A woman converted by Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.
  3. A female given name of biblical origin.

Quotations

  • 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.
  • 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.

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Translations

historical region
biblical woman
female given name

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Lydia

  1. (Biblical) Lydia.
  2. A female given name.

French

Proper noun

Lydia

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

German

Proper noun

Lydia

  1. (Biblical) Lydia.
  2. A female given name.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lydia

  1. (Biblical) Lydia.
  2. A female given name.

Swedish

Proper noun

Lydia

  1. (Biblical) Lydia.
  2. A female given name.

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