Sophia

sophia English Alternative forms en Sofia, en Sofya, en Sofiya, en Sofija Pronunciation en /ˈsəʊ.fiː.ə/ /səˈfaɪ.ə/ /səˈfiːə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sophia.wav Southern England en /soʊˈfi.ə/ GA en əʊfiə 3 en So phia Etymology 1 Chiefly from en la Sophia, from en grc Σοφία, from grc σοφία wisdom, especially in reference to Holy Wisdom holy or sophia (wisdom) divine wisdom under the influence of en hbo חוכמה khokhmá, to the early martyr Sophia of Rome St. Sophia, and to many figures of European royalty and nobility. Also used as a calque for the many cognate forms, such as Italian it Sofia, Ukrainian uk Софі́я, Russian ru Софи́я, Polish pl Zofia, etc. en Sofia. Proper noun en female Ancient Greek. To say the truth, Sophia, when very young, discerned that Tom, though an idle, thoughtless, rattling rascal, was nobody's enemy but his own en 1766 Oliver Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it. 1998 Anne Tyler, A Patchwork Planet, A.A.Knopf Inc., page 2: Gram said, "Sophia. Would that be an Italian name?" "It came from a great-aunt," Sophia told her, turning briefly in her direction. "Was your great-aunt Italian?" "No, Scottish." "Oh." I knew what Gram was aiming at here. She wanted to find out whether Sophia was Catholic. She poked her headful of pink curlers forward for a moment and looked at me. "Presbyterian, " I told her. "Oh." She sat back again, Oh, well, you could see her thinking, her own daughter had married Episcopal and the sky hadn't fallen in. "It's a pretty name, anyhow," she told Sophia. "Thank you." "I like names that end with an a, don't you? en gnosticism An aeon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition. en town s/West Virginia c/US ; named for early resident Sophia McGinnis. Related terms en Sonia, en Sonya, en Sophie Translations female given name Arabic: ar صُوفِيَا f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 索菲婭, cmn 索菲亞 Coptic: cop ⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ Czech: cs Žofie f Danish: da Sofie f, da Sofia f Esperanto: eo Sofio Estonian: et Viia, et Viiu Finnish: fi Sofia French: fr Sophie Galician: gl Sofía f Georgian: ka სოფიო German: de Sophia Greek: el Σοφία f Ancient Greek: grc Σοφία f Hawaiian: haw Kopaea Hebrew: he סופיה f Hindi: hi सोफ़िया f Hungarian: hu Zsófia Ingrian: izh Sofja Inuktitut: iu ᓱᐱᐊ Italian: it Sofia Latvian: lv Sofija f Macedonian: mk Софија f Norwegian: no Sofia f, no Sofie f Old Nubian: onw ⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ Persian: fa سوفیا sofiyâ Polish: pl Zofia f Portuguese: pt Sofia f Romagnol: rgn Sfìa Russian: ru Софи́я Sami: Northern Sami: se Sofe Skolt Sami: sms Såff Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Софија f Latin: sh Sofija f Spanish: es Sofía Swahili: sw Sofia Swedish: sv Sofia Turkish: tr Sofya Ukrainian: uk Со́фія Welsh: cy Soffia Yiddish: yi סאָפֿיאַ Etymology 2 See en Sophy shah. Noun en shahen historical en Safawi. en 1578-05-16 1903 w:Arthur John Butler [letter] Calendar of state papers Foreign series, of the reign of Elizabeth, 1578–1579 London Public Record Office 844598440 https://books.google.com/books?id=jCw5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA24 It is written from Constantinople that the 'Sophia' of Persia is dead and that his brother had taken the government. en References Sophy, n.1 184781 Anagrams en ahiops hopias poisha Cebuano Etymology ceb :der en:Sophia<ety:uder<grc:σοφία<t:wisdom>>> 2 1 Proper noun ceb noun ceb female English < Ancient Greek Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female Sofie German Alternative forms de Sofia f Pronunciation de [zoˈfiːa] de De-at Sophia.ogg Austria de De-Sophia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de So phi a Proper noun f,s:Sophien.gen:s de female Sophia Declension f,s:Sophien.gen:s Related terms de Sofie, de Sophie, de Sonja Swedish Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Sophia.wav Proper noun c sv female, a less common spelling of Sofia Tagalog Alternative forms tl Sofia from Spanish Etymology tl :bor en:Sophia<ety:uder<grc:σοφία<t:wisdom>>> 2 1 Pronunciation Sofi.a Proper noun sofiya tl female English < Ancient Greek