lydia
/ˈlɪ.di.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed 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.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.