Lydia

See also: Lýdia and Lýdía

English

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Lydia (name)

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Lidia

Etymology

Borrowed 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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪdiə

Proper noun

Lydia

2. (historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
3. (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.

4. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], “Chapter 9”, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (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 Turkish: Lidya

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 Hebrew: לִידְיָה (Lídyāh) 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) Bulgarian: Ли́дия f (Lídija) Catalan: Lídia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 利季娅 (Lìjìyà) Czech: Lýdie Danish: Lydia Esperanto: Lidio 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 Hebrew: לִידִיָה (Lídiyah) Hungarian: Lídia (hu), Lilla (hu) Italian: Lidia (it) Japanese: リディア (Ridia) Korean: 리디아 (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 Turkish: Lidya Ukrainian: Лідія f (Lidija)

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]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Lydia f

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlyː.di.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.di.a]

Proper noun

Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension

1. (historical) Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
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.

	singular
nominative	Lȳdia
genitive	Lȳdiae
dative	Lȳdiae
accusative	Lȳdiam
ablative	Lȳdiā
vocative	Lȳdia

References

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lydia

1. (historical) Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
2. Lydia (biblical character)
3. a female given name

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lydia c (genitive Lydias)

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