Lydia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪdiÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɪdiÉ™

Alternative forms

• Lidia

Origin

From Ancient Greek Λυδία ("the region of Lydia"). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king Λυδός (Lydus); the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or residence in the region of Lydia.

Full definition of Lydia

Proper noun

1. A historic region of SW Asia Minor/Persia.
2. A woman converted by Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.
• 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, :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.

Derived terms

• adjective: Lydian

Related terms

• pet form: Liddy

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