Sophia

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English

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsəʊfi.ə/, /səˈfaɪə/, /səˈfiːə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /soʊˈfi.ə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊfiə
  • Hyphenation: So‧phia

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

Proper noun

Sophia

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, borne by an early Christian saint, and by European royalty.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
      To say the truth, Sophia, when very young, discerned that Tom, though an idle, thoughtless, rattling rascal, was nobody's enemy but his own […]
    • 1766 Oliver Goldsmith: The Vicar of Wakefield:
      I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.
    • 1998 Anne Tyler, A Patchwork Planet, A.A.Knopf Inc., page 2:
      Gram said, "Sophia. Would that be an Italian name?" "It came from a great-aunt," Sophia told her, turning briefly in her direction. "Was your great-aunt Italian?" "No, Scottish." "Oh." I knew what Gram was aiming at here. She wanted to find out whether Sophia was Catholic. She poked her headful of pink curlers forward for a moment and looked at me. "Presbyterian, " I told her. "Oh." She sat back again, Oh, well, you could see her thinking, her own daughter had married Episcopal and the sky hadn't fallen in. "It's a pretty name, anyhow," she told Sophia. "Thank you." "I like names that end with an a, don't you? […]
  2. (Gnosticism) An aeon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition.
  3. A town in West Virginia, United States; named for early resident Sophia McGinnis.
Translations

Etymology 2

See Sophy

Noun

Sophia (plural Sophias) (historical)[1]

  2. Archaic spelling of Safawi.
    • 1578 May 16, “[letter]”, in Arthur John Butler, editor, Calendar of state papers, Foreign series, of the reign of Elizabeth, 1578–1579, London: Public Record Office, published 1903, →OCLC:
      It is written from Constantinople that the 'Sophia' of Persia is dead and that his brother had taken the government.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophia.

References

  1. ^ “Sophy, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Sophia, from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

Proper noun

Sophia

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Danish

Proper noun

Sophia

  1. a female given name, variant of Sofie

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zoˈfiːa]
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: So‧phi‧a

Proper noun

Sophia f (proper noun, genitive Sophias, plural Sophias or Sophien)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Declension

Declension of Sophia [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Sophia die Sophias, Sophien
genitive einer der Sophias der Sophias, Sophien
dative einer der Sophia den Sophias, Sophien
accusative eine die Sophia die Sophias, Sophien

Swedish

Proper noun

Sophia c (genitive Sophias)

  1. a female given name, a less common spelling of Sofia
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