"Lydia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈlɪ.di.ə/
Rhymes: -ɪdiə 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Λυδία||the region of Lydia}} Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “the region of Lydia”), {{m|grc|λυδία||beautiful one, noble one}} λυδία (ludía, “beautiful one, noble one”), {{m|grc|Λυδός}} Λυδός (Ludós), {{m|grc|λυδός}} λυδός (ludós), {{m|grc|Λυδός}} Λυδός (Ludós), {{m|grc|λυδός}} λυδός (ludós) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lydia
  1. (historical) A region of southwest Asia Minor or Persia. Tags: historical Related terms (pet form): Liddy Translations (historical region): Λῡδίᾱ (Lūdíā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Lídia [feminine] (Catalan), Lydien (Danish), Lüüdia (Estonian), Lyydia (Finnish), Lydie [feminine] (French), Lydien (German), Λυδία (Lydía) [feminine] (Greek), לוּד (Lud) [masculine] (Hebrew), Lidia [feminine] (Irish), リュディア (Ryudia) (Japanese), リューディア (Ryūdia) (Japanese), Lȳdia [feminine] (Latin), لیدیه (lidiye) (Persian), Lidia [feminine] (Polish), Lídia [feminine] (Portuguese), Lidia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Lydia-en-name-HX7gsYBA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 26 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 18 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 27 26 Disambiguation of 'pet form': 49 27 24 Disambiguation of 'historical region': 85 2 13
  2. (biblical) A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia. Categories (topical): Bible, Biblical characters, Individuals Synonyms: Lidia Derived forms: Lydian [adjective], Lydian stone [noun] Translations (biblical woman): لِيدِيَا (līdiyā) (Arabic), 呂底亞 (Chinese Cantonese), 吕底亚 (leoi⁵ dai² aa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 呂底亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 吕底亚 (Lǚdǐyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Lydia (Danish), Lüüdia (Estonian), Lyydia (Finnish), Lydie [feminine] (French), Lydia (German), Λυδία (Lydía) [feminine] (Greek), Ludia (Hawaiian), Lidia (Italian), Lidija [feminine] (Latvian), Riria (Maori), Lydia (Norwegian), لیدیا (lidiyâ) (Persian), Lidia [feminine] (Polish), Lídia [feminine] (Portuguese), Lidia [feminine] (Spanish), Lydia [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Lydia-en-name-s1Rbbx4S Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 31 53 16 Disambiguation of Individuals: 34 45 21 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'biblical woman': 3 90 7
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): لِيدِيَا (līdiyā) (Arabic), Лі́дзія (Lídzija) [feminine] (Belarusian), Lídia [feminine] (Catalan), 利季娅 (Lìjìyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Lýdie (Czech), Lydia (Danish), Liidia (Estonian), Lýdia [feminine] (Faroese), Lyyli (Finnish), Lyydia (Finnish), Lydie [feminine] (French), Lydia [feminine] (French), Lidia [feminine] (Galician), Lydia (German), Λυδία (Lydía) [feminine] (Greek), Lukia (Hawaiian), Lilia (Hawaiian), Lídia (Hungarian), Lilla (Hungarian), Lidia (Italian), リディア (Ridia) (Japanese), Lidija [feminine] (Latvian), Лидија (Lidija) [feminine] (Macedonian), Riria (Maori), Lydia (Norwegian), لیدیا (lidiyâ) (Persian), Lidia [feminine] (Polish), Lidka [feminine] (Polish), Lídia [feminine] (Portuguese), Lidia [feminine] (Romanian), Ли́дия (Lídija) [feminine] (Russian), Lidija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Lýdia [feminine] (Slovak), Lidija [feminine] (Slovene), Lidia [feminine] (Spanish), Lydia [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Lydia-en-name-G1A8salx Disambiguation of 'female given name': 3 2 96

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.