Lydia
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 bc).
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Lydia
(ˈlɪdɪə)n
(Placename) an ancient region on the coast of W Asia Minor: a powerful kingdom in the century and a half before the Persian conquest (546 bc). Chief town: Sardis
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Lyd•i•a
(ˈlɪd i ə)n.
an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor. Cap.: Sardis.
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| Noun | 1. | Lydia - an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey |
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