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US
/ˈɫɪdiə/
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NOUN
- an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC
How To Use Lydia In A Sentence
- Forget voice-coaches, image consultants, PR experts and makeover gurus; it's Lydia who can make you a star.
- Arabic influence may have some part in the genesis of the songs, although the tonality of the Cantigas (mainly Dorian and Mixolydian modes) and basic structure are European; the virelai serves as the basic form, already in use with the Latin conductus, and divided into refrain – mudanza – vuelta – refrain (AA-bb-aa-AA, as in N.º 361). Archive 2009-07-01
- After the battalion commanded by Gyges, there came young boys crowned with myrtle-wreaths, and singing epithalamic hymns after the Lydian manner, accompanying themselves upon lyres of ivory, which they played with bows. King Candaules
- She had an ideal of fatherhood, had gentle, silent, useless Lydia -- formed upon the genial, sunshiny type of parent popular in books, and she cast a romantic veil over disappointed, selfish, crossgrained Malcolm Martie, the Unconquered
- My friends and I were deeply touched by Lydia's plight and wanted to do something to help her.
- Glancing up and setting the fourth cored apple aside, Lydia said, ‘Stuffed apples.’
- He had a stable hand hitch up the horses and then he helped Lydia up into the buggy.
- Lydia felt briefly sorry for her and attempted to engage her in conversation, but it was no good.
- And what about Queen's Park, the Town Gardens and the concert bowl, and Lydiard Park and its beautifully restored mansion?
- It's a type of chili Lydia invented, based on garbanzo beans, and it hasn't turned out too well. HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES