Citations:Sophia
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English citations of Sophia
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- 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.
- 1701, Edward Grimston, “A Continuation of the present History from 1609 to 1610”, in Richard Knolles, Paul Rycaut, John Savage, editors, The Turkish history comprehending the origin of that nation, and the growth of the Othoman empire, with the lives and conquests of their several kings and emperors, volume 2, London: Printed for I. Cleave, A. Roper, A. Bosvile, and R. Basset, →OCLC, page 34:
- THE Sultan having for ſome years been freed from his Wars in Hungary, and had how confirm'd the Peace for Twenty years longer, he bent all his Forces againſt the Rebels in Aſia, and the Sophia of Perſia, where having ill ſucceſs, […]
- 1762, Richard Owen Cambridge, An account of the war in India, between the English and French, on the Coast of Coromandel, from the year 1750, to the year 1760; together with a relation of the late remarkable events on the Malabar Coast, and the expeditions to Golconda and Surat; with the operations of the fleet, 2nd edition, London: T. Jefferys, →OCLC, page 300:
- The great Shaw Abbas Sophia of Perſia, when he removed the trade to Gombroon, on the oppoſite ſhore, granted the Engliſh great privileges in commerce, and a proportion of the customs of that port, […]
Latin citations of Sophia
Proper noun: "A female given name"
[edit]- 1679, Elisha Coles, “Sophia”, in A dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English, 2nd edition, London: George Sawbridg, T. Basset, John Wright, Richard Chiswell, →OCLC, page [unnumbered]:
- a City of Myſia; and a womans name
Noun: "wisdom"
[edit]- 1679, Elisha Coles, “Sophia, ae, f.”, in A dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English, 2nd edition, London: George Sawbridg, T. Basset, John Wright, Richard Chiswell, →OCLC, page [unnumbered]:
- Wiſdom.