Lydia

Etymology
From, from , a feminine form of (Lydus, from  (lydus)). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king (Lydus, from  (lydus)); the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or residence in the region of Lydia.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A region of southwest Asia Minor or Persia.
 * 2)  A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.

Derived terms

 * adjective: Lydian
 * noun: Lydian stone

Related terms

 * pet form: Liddy

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Danish: Lydien
 * Estonian: Lüüdia
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Λῡδίᾱ
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: Lidia
 * Japanese: リュディア, リューディア
 * Latin: Lȳdia
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: لِيدِيَا
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 呂底亞
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: Lydia
 * Estonian: Lüüdia
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Ludia
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: Lidija
 * Maori: Riria
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: لیدیا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: لِيدِيَا
 * Belarusian: Лі́дзія
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 利季娅
 * Czech: Lýdie
 * Danish: Lydia
 * Estonian: Liidia
 * Faroese: Lýdia
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Lukia, Lilia
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: リディア
 * Latvian: Lidija
 * Macedonian:
 * Maori: Riria
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: لیدیا
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Lidia
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: Lýdia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Proper noun

 * , a Latinized variant of Lydie

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) Lydia.