Lydian

1. A native or inhabitant of Lydia.
2. A language of the extinct Anatolian branch of Indo-European, found in inscriptions of the fourth century B.C. in western Turkey.

The fifth of the eight traditional church modes, the authentic Mode on F.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an Anatolian language

Lydian may refer to:

• Lydian language, an ancient Anatolian language
• Lydian script
• Lydian mode, one of the modes derived from ancient Greek music
• Lydian (typeface), a decorative typeface
• Lydia, an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia
• Lydian dominant scale, a musical scale

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