Sofia
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.
Proper noun
Sofia
- The capital city of Bulgaria.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
A less common spelling, borrowed from continental Europe, of the given name Sophia.
Proper noun
Sofia
- A female given name from Ancient Greek
- A river, and surrounding region of Madagascar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Danish
Proper noun
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia
Estonian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsofiɑ̯/, [ˈsofˑiɑ̯]
Proper noun
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
- 1959 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 (WSOY 1965), page 181:
- Kehdossa makasi juuri äskettäin pappilassa kasteella ollut tyttö, jonka nimenkin rouva muisti: Elma. Se oli hänen antamansa nimi. Vanhemmat olivat tahtoneet Sofiaa, mutta rouva oli saanut kuin saanutkin tytölle suomalaisperäisen nimen. Tosin vain siksi ettei Anttoo pitänyt asiaa millään tavoin tärkeänä.
- 1990 Riitta Vartti, Sun lapsuutes, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 407:
- —Äiti, minkäs takia mummun nimi on Adalmina ja Sohvi-tätin nimi on Sofia, vaikkei ne oo mitää ruotsinkielisiä?
- —No, ohan meiän vanha sukunimiki S-t-rantperk, vaikkei sitä osaa kukaa ees lausuu oikei. Ennen vanhaa ihmisille pantii sellasia nimiä. Meiän setähä se suomens nimesä ja se on Rantakallio nytte.
- 1959 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 (WSOY 1965), page 181:
Declension
Inflection of Sofia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sofia | Sofiat | |
genitive | Sofian | Sofioiden Sofioitten | |
partitive | Sofiaa | Sofioita | |
illative | Sofiaan | Sofioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sofia | Sofiat | |
accusative | nom. | Sofia | Sofiat |
gen. | Sofian | ||
genitive | Sofian | Sofioiden Sofioitten Sofiain rare | |
partitive | Sofiaa | Sofioita | |
inessive | Sofiassa | Sofioissa | |
elative | Sofiasta | Sofioista | |
illative | Sofiaan | Sofioihin | |
adessive | Sofialla | Sofioilla | |
ablative | Sofialta | Sofioilta | |
allative | Sofialle | Sofioille | |
essive | Sofiana | Sofioina | |
translative | Sofiaksi | Sofioiksi | |
abessive | Sofiatta | Sofioitta | |
instructive | — | Sofioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Sofia f (proper noun, genitive Sofias or Sofia, plural Sofias)
- a female given name, a less common variant of Sophia
Declension
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).
Proper noun
Sofia n (proper noun, genitive Sofias or (optionally with an article) Sofia)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Declension
Italian
Etymology 1
See Sophia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia (f)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
Etymology 2
From Bulgarian София (Sofija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia (f)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.
Proper noun
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Sofia
- a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.
Proper noun
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Sofia
- a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Sofia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Sofia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
- Alternative form of Sófia
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia f (genitive singular Sofie, declension pattern of ulica)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
References
- “Sofia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1380 as Sophia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sofia c (genitive Sofias)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
Related terms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 88 488 females with the given name Sofia living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊfiə
- Rhymes:English/əʊfiə/3 syllables
- English terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- English terms derived from Bulgarian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Sofia
- en:Cities in Bulgaria
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Bulgaria
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- en:Exonyms
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Catalan given names
- Catalan female given names
- ca:Sofia
- ca:Cities in Bulgaria
- ca:National capitals
- ca:Places in Bulgaria
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Sofia
- da:Cities in Bulgaria
- da:National capitals
- da:Places in Bulgaria
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Sofia
- et:Cities in Bulgaria
- et:National capitals
- et:Places in Bulgaria
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ofiɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ofiɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Sofia
- fi:Cities in Bulgaria
- fi:National capitals
- fi:Places in Bulgaria
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Sofia
- fr:Cities in Bulgaria
- fr:National capitals
- fr:Places in Bulgaria
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- German terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- German terms derived from Bulgarian
- German neuter nouns
- de:Sofia
- de:Cities in Bulgaria
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in Bulgaria
- German uncountable nouns
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ia
- Rhymes:Italian/ia/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian given names
- Italian female given names
- Italian terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- Italian terms derived from Bulgarian
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔfja
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔfja/2 syllables
- it:Sofia
- it:Cities in Bulgaria
- it:National capitals
- it:Places in Bulgaria
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Bulgarian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Sofia
- nb:Cities in Bulgaria
- nb:National capitals
- nb:Places in Bulgaria
- Norwegian Bokmål given names
- Norwegian Bokmål female given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Bulgarian
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Sofia
- nn:Cities in Bulgaria
- nn:National capitals
- nn:Places in Bulgaria
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names
- Polish terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- Polish terms derived from Bulgarian
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔfja
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔfja/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Sofia
- pl:Cities in Bulgaria
- pl:National capitals
- pl:Places in Bulgaria
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Exonyms
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak feminine nouns
- sk:Sofia
- sk:Cities in Bulgaria
- sk:National capitals
- sk:Places in Bulgaria
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Sofia
- sv:Cities in Bulgaria
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in Bulgaria
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names