Lydda

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Lydda
     a town in the tribe of Ephraim, mentioned only in the New
     Testament (Acts 9:32, 35, 38) as the scene of Peter's miracle in
     healing the paralytic AEneas. It lay about 9 miles east of
     Joppa, on the road from the sea-port to Jerusalem. In the Old
     Testament (1 Chr. 8:12) it is called Lod. It was burned by the


     Romans, but was afterwards rebuilt, and was known by the name of
     Diospolis. Its modern name is Ludd. The so-called patron saint
     of England, St. George, is said to have been born here.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Lydda, Lydia, a standing pool