Lydia

[lid-ee-uh]

noun

1. an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor.

2. a female given name.

Lydia

/ ˈlɪdɪə /

noun

1. 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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Lydia says the exposé has been "hilarious" although her mother feels it is a "shame people will resort to that in a local pub quiz".

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Lydia had her first lip fillers at 18, only to have them painfully dissolve a few years later.

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One of them, Lydia Sparrow, spent two years working at the center in her early 20s.

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Economic momentum remained steady in the first half of the year despite mounting policy headwinds, said Lydia Boussour, senior economist at EY-Parthenon.

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“Bar None” was an outside song — Ben Johnson, Lydia Vaughan and Hunter Phelps wrote it.

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