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sophia

/soʊˈfi.ə/

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What does sophia mean?

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. An aeon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition.
  3. A town in West Virginia, United States; named for early resident Sophia McGinnis.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (archaic, historical) Archaic spelling of Safawi.

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IPA pronunciation

/soʊˈfi.ə/

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Miss Sophia she turned pale, but the color come back when she found the man warn’t hurt.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76
“Owing to the present state of things Sophia Danílovna has gone to the Torzhók estate with the children, your excellency.”
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
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And within the Church of Saint Sophia, an emperor sometime would have buried the body of his father, when he was dead.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
She will not make so good a Queen as our friend Sophia, but will like better, I suppose, to make a widow.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
He escaped the scaffold, for that time, by getting away, in the disguise of a page, in the train of his daughter, Lady Sophia Lindsay.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699