# Lydia
## English
### Alternative forms

* Lidia

### 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: /ˈlɪ.di.ə/
* Rhymes: -ɪdiə

### Proper noun

Lydia
* An ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
* (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.
* 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
### Anagrams

* Daily, daily, ylaid

## Danish
### Proper noun

Lydia
* Lydia (biblical character).
* a female given name

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /li.dja/

### Proper noun

Lydia f
* a female given name, a Latinized variant of Lydie

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlyːdi̯a]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Lydia f
* Lydia (biblical character)
* a female given name

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈlyː.di.a/, [ˈlʲyːd̪iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈli.di.a/, [ˈliːd̪iä]

### Proper noun

Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension
* Lydia (a country in Asia Minor)
* 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.

### 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
* Lydia (biblical character).
* a female given name

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Lydia c (genitive Lydias)
* Lydia (biblical character).
* a female given name