Sofia

See also: SOFIA, Sofía, and Sófia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊfi.ə/, /sɒˈfiːə/
• Rhymes: -əʊfiə

Etymology 1

Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.

Proper noun

Sofia

1. The capital city of Bulgaria

Derived terms

• Sofian

Translations

the capital city of Bulgaria

• Albanian: Sofje
• Amharic: ሶፊያ (sofiya)
• Arabic: صُوفْيَا f (ṣūfyā)
• Armenian: Սոֆիա (Sofia)
• Belarusian: Сафі́я f (Safíja)
• Bengali: সোফিয়া (śōphiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Со́фия f (Sófija)
• Catalan: Sofia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索非亞／索非亚 (zh) (Suǒfēiyà), 索非亚 (zh) (Suǒfēiyà)

• Czech: Sofie (cs)
• Danish: Sofija, Sofia
• Dutch: Sofia (nl)
• Esperanto: Sofio (eo)
• Estonian: Sofia (et)
• Finnish: Sofia (fi)
• French: Sofia (fr)
• Galician: Sofía (gl)
• Georgian: სოფია (sopia)
• German: Sofia (de)
• Greek: Σόφια (el) (Sófia)
• Hebrew: סופיה (sofia)
• Hindi: सोफ़िया (sofiyā)
• Hungarian: Szófia (hu)
• Icelandic: Sófía
• Irish: Sóifia m
• Italian: Sofia (it)
• Japanese: ソフィア (sofia)
• Kabardian: Софие (Sofije)
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• Korean: 소피아 (Sopia)
• Latvian: Sofija
• Lithuanian: Sofija (lt)
• Macedonian: Софија (mk) f (Sofija)
• Malay: Sofia
• Maltese: Sofja
• Navajo: Sóóbiya
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sofia (no)

  Nynorsk: Sofia

• Pashto: صوفيه (sofīya)
• Persian: صوفیا (fa) (sofiya), سوفیه (sofiye), صوفیه (fa) (sofiye)
• Polish: Sofia (pl)
• Portuguese: Sófia (pt)
• Russian: Софи́я (ru) f (Sofíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Софија f

  Roman: Sofija (sh) f

• Slovak: Sofia f
• Slovene: Sofija (sl) f
• Spanish: Sofía (es)
• Swedish: Sofia (sv)
• Tagalog: Sopiya
• Tamil: ஸோபியா (sōpiyā)
• Thai: โซเฟีย (Sōfiya)
• Turkish: Sofya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Софі́я (uk) f (Sofíja)
• Uyghur: سوفىيە (sofiye)
• Yiddish: סאָפֿיע (sofye)

Etymology 2

A less common spelling, borrowed from continental Europe, of the given name Sophia.

Proper noun

Sofia

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek
2. A river, and surrounding region of Madagascar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [suˈfi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈfi.a]

Proper noun

Sofia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
2. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

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Danish

Proper noun

Sofia

1. Sofia (city)
2. a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Sofia

1. Sofia (city)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsofiɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞fiɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: So‧fi‧a

Proper noun

Sofia

1. Sofia (city)
2. 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.

Declension

Inflection of Sofia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of Sofia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sofiani Sofiani accusative nom. Sofiani Sofiani gen. Sofiani genitive Sofiani Sofioideni Sofioitteni Sofiaini rare partitive Sofiaani Sofioitani inessive Sofiassani Sofioissani elative Sofiastani Sofioistani illative Sofiaani Sofioihini adessive Sofiallani Sofioillani ablative Sofialtani Sofioiltani allative Sofialleni Sofioilleni essive Sofianani Sofioinani translative Sofiakseni Sofioikseni abessive Sofiattani Sofioittani instructive — — comitative — Sofioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sofiasi Sofiasi accusative nom. Sofiasi Sofiasi gen. Sofiasi genitive Sofiasi Sofioidesi Sofioittesi Sofiaisi rare partitive Sofiaasi Sofioitasi inessive Sofiassasi Sofioissasi elative Sofiastasi Sofioistasi illative Sofiaasi Sofioihisi adessive Sofiallasi Sofioillasi ablative Sofialtasi Sofioiltasi allative Sofiallesi Sofioillesi essive Sofianasi Sofioinasi translative Sofiaksesi Sofioiksesi abessive Sofiattasi Sofioittasi instructive — — comitative — Sofioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sofiamme Sofiamme accusative nom. Sofiamme Sofiamme gen. Sofiamme genitive Sofiamme Sofioidemme Sofioittemme Sofiaimme rare partitive Sofiaamme Sofioitamme inessive Sofiassamme Sofioissamme elative Sofiastamme Sofioistamme illative Sofiaamme Sofioihimme adessive Sofiallamme Sofioillamme ablative Sofialtamme Sofioiltamme allative Sofiallemme Sofioillemme essive Sofianamme Sofioinamme translative Sofiaksemme Sofioiksemme abessive Sofiattamme Sofioittamme instructive — — comitative — Sofioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sofianne Sofianne accusative nom. Sofianne Sofianne gen. Sofianne genitive Sofianne Sofioidenne Sofioittenne Sofiainne rare partitive Sofiaanne Sofioitanne inessive Sofiassanne Sofioissanne elative Sofiastanne Sofioistanne illative Sofiaanne Sofioihinne adessive Sofiallanne Sofioillanne ablative Sofialtanne Sofioiltanne allative Sofiallenne Sofioillenne essive Sofiananne Sofioinanne translative Sofiaksenne Sofioiksenne abessive Sofiattanne Sofioittanne instructive — — comitative — Sofioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sofiansa Sofiansa accusative nom. Sofiansa Sofiansa gen. Sofiansa genitive Sofiansa Sofioidensa Sofioittensa Sofiainsa rare partitive Sofiaansa Sofioitaan Sofioitansa inessive Sofiassaan Sofiassansa Sofioissaan Sofioissansa elative Sofiastaan Sofiastansa Sofioistaan Sofioistansa illative Sofiaansa Sofioihinsa adessive Sofiallaan Sofiallansa Sofioillaan Sofioillansa ablative Sofialtaan Sofialtansa Sofioiltaan Sofioiltansa allative Sofialleen Sofiallensa Sofioilleen Sofioillensa essive Sofianaan Sofianansa Sofioinaan Sofioinansa translative Sofiakseen Sofiaksensa Sofioikseen Sofioiksensa abessive Sofiattaan Sofiattansa Sofioittaan Sofioittansa instructive — — comitative — Sofioineen Sofioinensa

Related terms

• (given name) Sohvi, Sonja

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.fja/

Proper noun

Sofia ?

1. Sofia (city)

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sofia f (genitive Sofia or Sofias)

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

Proper noun

Sofia n (genitive Sofias)

1. Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria)

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Italian

Etymology 1

See Sophia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈfia/

Proper noun

Sofia (f)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Etymology 2

Bulgarian София (Sofija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔfja/

Proper noun

Sofia (f)

1. Sofia (city)

Anagrams

• afosi

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Sofia

1. a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.

Proper noun

Sofia

1. Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.

Proper noun

Sofia

1. Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.fja/

• audio:

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Proper noun

Sofia f

1. Sofia (city)

Declension

Declension of Sofia

	singular
nominative	Sofia
genitive	Sofii
dative	Sofii
accusative	Sofię
instrumental	Sofią
locative	Sofii
vocative	Sofio

Derived terms

• (noun) sofijczyk
• (adjective) sofijski

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Sofia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
2. Alternative form of Sófia

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Swedish

Etymology

Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1380 as Sophia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʊ²fiːa/

Proper noun

Sofia c (genitive Sofias)

1. Sofia (city)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Related terms

• (given name): Sofi, Sofie, Sonja, Sophia, Sophie

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.