Lydia

See also: Lýdia

English

Alternative forms

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.
    • :
      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.
    • 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.

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Danish

Proper noun

Lydia

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

French

Proper noun

Lydia

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

German

Proper noun

Lydia

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía).

Proper noun

Lȳdia f (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension

  1. Lydia (country in Asia Minor)

Declension

First declension.

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

Proper noun

Lydia c (genitive Lydias)

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