Lydian
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.di.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɪdiən
- Hyphenation: Ly‧di‧an
Noun
editLydian (plural Lydians)
- A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.
Translations
editnative or inhabitant of Lydia
Proper noun
editLydian
- An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.
Translations
editlanguage
Adjective
editLydian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture.
- (music) Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And all the while sweet Musicke did diuide / Her looser notes with Lydian harmony […]
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpertaining to Lydia
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