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Lyd⋅i⋅a

  [lid-ee-uh]
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–noun
1. an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor.
2. a female given name.
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Lyd·i·a   (lĭd'ē-ə)   
An ancient country of west-central Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea in present-day northwest Turkey. Noted for its wealth and the magnificence of its capital, Sardis, it may have been the earliest kingdom to use minted coins (seventh century B.C.).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Lydia

(1.) Ezek. 30:5 (Heb. Lud), a province in the west of Asia Minor, which derived its name from the fourth son of Shem (Gen. 10:22). It was bounded on the east by the greater Phrygia, and on the west by Ionia and the AEgean Sea. (2.) A woman of Thyatira, a "seller of purple," who dwelt in Philippi (Acts 16:14, 15). She was not a Jewess but a proselyte. The Lord opened her heart as she heard the gospel from the lips of Paul (16:13). She thus became the first in Europe who embraced Christianity. She was a person apparently of considerable wealth, for she could afford to give a home to Paul and his companions. (See THYATIRA.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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