lidia

[ lid-ee-uh; Spanish lee-thyah ]

noun

, plural li·dias [lid, -ee-, uh, z, lee, -, th, yahs].

1. (in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lidia¹

1890–95; < Spanish: bullfight

Example Sentences

Lidia Thorpe shouted "you are not my King" and "this is not your land" shortly after the King addressed the Great Hall of Parliament, in an effort to highlight the impacts of British colonisation.

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After a speech to parliamentarians in the Australian capital Canberra he was heckled by an independent senator, Lidia Thorpe, who shouted "You are not my King", in a protest about Indigenous people's rights.

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Lidia Thorpe’s cries of “not my King” and “this is not your land” shone a light on a country that is still grappling with its colonial past.

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Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian woman, interrupted the ceremony in the capital Canberra by shouting for about a minute before she was escorted away by security.

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It comes as backlash over an Aboriginal senator's heckling of King Charles in Canberra on Monday intensifies, with politicians and some Indigenous leaders condemning Lidia Thorpe's behaviour.

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