{i} ancient kingdom located in Asia Minor (in the area of present-day Turkey); female first name
Ancient land, western Anatolia. Located in present-day Turkey, it was bounded on the west by the Aegean Sea and profoundly influenced the Ionian Greeks in the 7th-6th centuries BC through such economic developments as the use of metallic coinage. It was conquered by the Persians under Cyrus II in 546 BC. It later passed to Syria and Pergamum, and under the Romans it became part of the province of Asia. Lydia Kamakaeha Child Lydia Maria Lydia Maria Francis Pinkham Lydia Estes