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lydia

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lydia.

Editorial note

IMO, this piece [1] on Lydia Fairchild is better written and has much more information on chimerism and microchimerism.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lydia gathered in one view.

noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

noun

(historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.

noun

(biblical) A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lydia.

noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

noun

(historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.

noun

(biblical) A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.

Example sentences

1

IMO, this piece [1] on Lydia Fairchild is better written and has much more information on chimerism and microchimerism.

2

The case of Lydia Fairchild is particularly harrowing, she nearly lost her own kids because most of her DNA didn't match.

3

Given one of the more notable sports stars of the last few years is Lydia Ko I'm surprised that made it into production.

4

I had no idea Lydia was working for Bun now.

5

The MIT Admissions website lets student bloggers write about essentially whatever they want - Lydia has written a number of excellent posts that are entirely unrelated to MIT admissions as well.

6

I was looking up at her, and to this day, whenever I picture it I can only remember seeing her looking like Lydia from the movie Beetlejuice.

7

I'd recommend David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest; Junot Diaz's This is How You Lose Her; The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis; Haruki Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

8

TL;DR Gold-as-currency first used in Egypt 4,000 BCE; Egypt implements a commodity-tax somewhere between 3,500 - 20 BCE; Coinage first cited between in Lydia 700 - 550 BCE.

9

And if I had read DFW and Lydia Davis as a 14 year old, I shudder to think how far I'd be ahead at understanding the complexities of being alive and knowing what to pursue and when.

10

This was filled by the likes of Lydia before, but their shenanigans trying to become a bank pushed people to Wero (which is indeed a rename of something else I don't remember, but I used for less than a year).

11

> The dating of these first stamped coins is one of the most frequently debated topics of ancient numismatics,[14] with dates ranging from 700 BC to 550 BC, but the most common opinion is that they were minted at or near the beginning of the reign of King Alyattes (sometimes referred to incorrectly as Alyattes II), who ruled Lydia c.

Quote examples

1

Here's a quote from The Handmaid's Tale: "There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia.

2

(This is not the case with the Mac SDK) Charactersizing Lydia as a "competing app store" is straight up dishonest.

3

According to classicist Lydia Lake, “naked” in antiquity – Greek gumnos, Roman nudus – had a dual meaning: either stripped of all clothing or else lacking an outer garment, such as a toga or scarf-like wrap (chlamys).

4

Kinda reminds me of the story of king Croesus of Lydia, who asked the oracle of Delphi whether he should wage war against Cyrus the Great, the Oracle promptly told him that by doing so he would "destroy a great empire".

Proper noun examples

1

BTW, the Gartner analyst (Lydia Leong[1]) who's tweet was quoted is worth following.

2

Collins and as seen by her own marriage and support of Lydia's marriage she is a pretty bad judge of what's going to make a good life.

3

Wero itself was launched by large banking networks because they had no solution to compete with neo-banks such as Lydia, which was a pioneer in this type of service.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lydia in a sentence?

IMO, this piece [1] on Lydia Fairchild is better written and has much more information on chimerism and microchimerism.

What does lydia mean?

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

What part of speech is lydia?

lydia is commonly used as noun.