Hagia Sophia

English thumb|250px|right|Hagia Sophia today Etymology From en gkm - and en grc Ἁγία Σοφία Holy Wisdom. Compare en Sofia, en Sophia. Pronunciation en /ˈhɑːɡiə soʊˈfiə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hagia Sophia.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 en mosque city/Istanbul c/Turkey en historical the former patriarchal church of Greek Orthodoxy, operated as a museum 19352020. Synonyms en Great Church, en Agia Sofia modern Greek, en Aya Sofya Turkish Translations a former basilica, now a mosque in Turkey Albanian: sq Ajasofja, sq Shën Sofia Arabic: ar آيَا صُوفِيَا Bulgarian: bg Света София Chinese: Cantonese: yue 聖蘇菲亞大教堂 sing3 sou1 fei1 aa3 daai6 gaau3 tong4 Mandarin: cmn 圣索菲亚大教堂 Shèng Suǒfēiyà Dàjiàotáng Danish: da Hagia Sophia Finnish: fi Hagia Sofia Georgian: ka აია-სოფია German: de Hagia Sophia Greek: el Αγία Σοφία Hindi: hi हागिया सोफ़िया Hungarian: hu Hagia Szophia Icelandic: is Ægisif Japanese: ja アヤソフィア Ayasofia Latin: la Sancta Sapientia, la Hagia Sophia Persian: fa ایاصوفیه Polish: pl Hagia Sofia Portuguese: pt Hagia Sofia f Russian: ru Собо́р Свято́й Софи́и m Serbo-Croatian: sh Aja Sofija Spanish: es Santa Sofía Swedish: sv Hagia Sofia Tamil: ta ஹேகியா சோபியா Thai: th สุเหร่าโซเฟีย sùrào sohfia Turkish: tr Aya Sofya Turkmen: tk Aýasofýa Ukrainian: uk Софійський собор Urdu: ur ایاصوفیہ Vietnamese: vi Hagia Sophia en Museums Places of worship Istanbul Byzantine Empire Turkey