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Lydia
Lyd·i·a
[
líddee ə
]
ancient country in present-day northwestern Turkey, on the Aegean Sea. It reached its peak of wealth in the 7th and 6th centuries
bc
before being conquered by Cyrus the Great of Persia about 546
bc
.
Lyd·i·an
adjective, noun
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