See also: -sofia, SOFIA, Sofía, Sófia, Sófía, and sofia

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

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

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

  1. The capital city of Bulgaria.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

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

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f

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

DanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

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

EstonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /ˈsofiɑ/

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía). The sense "Sofia (Bulgaria)" is through Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsofiɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞fiɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ofiɑ
  • Syllabification(key): So‧fi‧a

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
  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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

DeclensionEdit

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
Sofiainrare
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
instructive Sofioin
abessive Sofiatta Sofioitta
comitative Sofioineen
Possessive forms of Sofia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Sofiani Sofiamme
2nd person Sofiasi Sofianne
3rd person Sofiansa

Related termsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f (proper noun, genitive Sofias or Sofia, plural Sofias)

  1. a female given name, a less common variant of Sophia
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).

Proper nounEdit

Sofia n (proper noun, genitive Sofias or (optionally with an article) Sofia)

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
DeclensionEdit

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Sophia.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /soˈfi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: So‧fì‧a

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

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

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

Etymology 2Edit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

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

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

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

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

Etymology 2Edit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia

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

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

adjective
nouns

Further readingEdit

  • Sofia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Sofia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f

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

SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia f (genitive singular Sofie, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)

ReferencesEdit

  • Sofia in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sofia c (genitive Sofias)

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

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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.