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LYDIA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, German, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: Λυδια (Ancient Greek), Лѷдіа (Church Slavic)

Pronounced: LID-ee-ə (English), LUY-dee-ah (German)  [key]

Means "from Lydia" in Greek. Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor. In the New Testament this was the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. In the modern era the name has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.

(see also LÝDIA)

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