Associations to the word «Lydia»

Wiktionary

LYDIA, proper noun. A historic region of SW Asia Minor/Persia.
LYDIA, proper noun. A woman converted by Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.
LYDIA, proper noun. A female given name

Dictionary definition

LYDIA, noun. An ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne