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Sofija

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Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1508. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

Proper noun

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Sofija f

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

References

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  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Sofija was the only given name of 3010 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sofija f

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek Σοφίᾱ (Sophíā, “wisdom”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sǒfija/
  • Hyphenation: So‧fi‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Proper noun

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Sòfija f (Cyrillic spelling Со̀фија, demonym Sofijac, female demonym Sofijka)

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

Declension

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Further reading

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  • “Sofija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sófija f

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

Declension

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative Sófija
genitive Sófije
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Sófija
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Sófije
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Sófiji
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Sófijo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Sófiji
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Sófijo
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Further reading

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  • “Sofija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026