Lydian

From Lydia +‎ -an.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.di.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdiən
• Hyphenation: Ly‧di‧an

Lydian (plural Lydians)

1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.

Lydian

1. An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.

Lydian (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture.
2. (music) Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And all the while sweet Musicke did diuide
     Her looser notes with Lydian harmony […]

• hypolydian
• Hypomixolydian
• Mixolydian

• Category:Lydian language

• ISO 639-3 code xld (SIL)