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English
Proper noun
Lydda
- Former name of Lod, Israel.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύδδα (Lúdda).
Proper noun
Lydda f sg (genitive Lyddae); first declension
- Lod
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Lydda”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Lydda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.