lidia

[ lid-ee-uh; Spanish lee-thyah ]

/ ˈlɪd i ə; Spanish ˈli ðyɑ /

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noun, plural li·dias

[lid-ee-uhz; Spanish lee-thyahs]. /ˈlɪd i əz; Spanish ˈli ðyɑs/.

(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.

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Origin of lidia

1890–95; <Spanish: bullfight

Words nearby lidia

lictor, lid, lidar, Liddel Hart, Liddell Hart, lidia, Lidice, lidless, lido, lidocaine, lie

How to use lidia in a sentence

Flowers bloom inside diamond-shaped enclosures in Bartola Morales Tol’s “The First Aroma of Spring,” and animals become geometric abstractions in Lidia Pich Chopén’s “Creatures of Nahuala.”
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Irma Lidia Medina, mother of Chenga and Gonzalo, accused of being the head of everything, owned the bordellos.
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Italian-American Lasagna by Lidia Bastianich A dense meat sauce makes this lasagna the poster child for hearty lasagnas.
5 Recipes for the Perfect Lasagna|Cookstr.com|February 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Lidia Bastianich Lidia Bastianich is a cookbook author, restaurateur, and one of the best-loved chefs on television.
Fresh Picks|Lidia Bastianich|July 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST

She is the chef/owner of New York restaurants Felidia, Becco, Esca, and Del Posto, and Lidia's in Kansas City and Pittsburgh.
Fresh Picks|Lidia Bastianich|July 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I come not to be thank'd, sir, for the speedy Performance of my promise touching Lidia: It is effected.
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger
From that I understood that, like Lidia Ivanovna's husband, the former artillery officer was an exile.
Our Little Cossack Cousin|F. A. Postnikov
In these early days of the sport, the tournament, or lidia, was celebrated in the largest plaza of the towns.
The Story of Seville|Walter M. Gallichan
Lidia was a teacher in the Zemstvo school in her own village, and received a salary of twenty-five roubles a month.
The Darling and Other Stories|Anton Chekhov
Lidia is the inversion of Francesca; for her sin was, not compliance with the impulses of nature, but unkindness to her lover.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds