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  • Lydian language
    Lydian language
    Lydian was an Indo-European language spoken in the region of Lydia in western Anatolia . It belongs to the Anatolian group of the Indo-European language family. Within this group, it occupies a unique position due to a number of features not shared with the other Anatolian languages...

    , an ancient Anatolian language
  • Lydian script
  • Lydian mode
    Lydian mode
    Lydian is the name commonly given to the fifth of the eight church modes, the authentic mode on F, theoretically with B♮ but in practice more commonly with B♭...

    , one of the modes derived from ancient Greek music
  • Lydian (typeface)
    Lydian (typeface)
    Lydian is a typeface designed by Warren Chappell for American Type Founders in 1938. While the stressed letter designs suggest a calligraphic style, this is considered a sans-serif font. It is available in bold, italic, and condensed, as well as a Cursive variant...

    , a decorative typeface
  • Lydia
    Lydia
    Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkish provinces of Manisa and inland İzmir. Its population spoke an Anatolian language known as Lydian....

    , an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia
  • Lydian dominant scale
    Lydian dominant scale
    The Lydian dominant scale, or Lydian 7 scale, is a synthetic scale which, starting on C, runs C D E F G A B C. Its name refers to the presence of an augmented fourth as in the Lydian mode and a minor seventh as in the dominant 7th chord...

    , a musical scale