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  2. Lydia (name) - Wikipedia

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    Lydia is a Biblical given name: Lydia of Thyatira, businesswoman in the city of Thyatira in the New Testament's Acts of the Apostles. She was the apostle Paul 's first convert in Philippi and thus the first convert to Christianity in Europe.

  3. Lydia of Thyatira - Wikipedia

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    The name, "Lydia", meaning "the Lydian woman", by which she was known indicates that she was from Lydia in Asia Minor. Though she is commonly known as "St. Lydia" or even more simply "The Woman of Purple," Lydia is given other titles: "of Thyatira," "Purpuraria," and "of Philippi ('Philippisia' in Greek)."

  4. Lidia (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Lidia is a feminine given name. It is the Greek, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish transcription of the name Lydia. [1] [2] People

  5. Lydia - Wikipedia

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    Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Ludía; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire.

  6. Dorcas - Wikipedia

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    Today, the scientific name of one species of gazelle is Gazella dorcas, the dorcas gazelle. [ 10 ] The Greek verb used in Acts 9:36 is διερμηνεύω , transliterated diermēneuō, which means "to interpret fully, to explain", and in this passage it is rendered " is by interpretation ", which in context leads to the literal meaning ...

  7. List of kings of Lydia - Wikipedia

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    This article lists the known kings of Lydia, both legendary and historical.Lydia was an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia during the first millennium BC. It may have originated as a country in the second millennium BC and was possibly called Maeonia at one time, given that Herodotus says the people were called Maeonians before they became known as Lydians.

  8. Tyrrhenus - Wikipedia

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    In Etruscan mythology, Tyrrhenus (in Greek: Τυῤῥηνός) was one of the founders of the Etruscan League of twelve cities, along with his brother Tarchon. Herodotus [1] describes him as the saviour of the Etruscans, because he led them from Lydia to Etruria; however this Lydian origin is to be debated as it contradicts cultural and linguistic evidence, as well as the view held by both ...

  9. Lidiya - Wikipedia

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    Lidiya is a feminine given name. People. Lidiya Alekseyeva (1924-2014) ... Lydia This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 08:54 (UTC). Text is ...