"София" meaning in Bulgarian

See София in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈsɔfijɐ]
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom, divine wisdom”). For the female name, see Sophia. As the name of the capital of Bulgaria, from църква „Света София“ (cǎrkva "Sveta Sofija"), from Byzantine Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, first attested being used as the name for the city in the 14th century and reinforced under Ottoman rule as Ottoman Turkish صوفیه (Sofya). Etymology templates: {{bor|bg|gkm|-}} Byzantine Greek, {{bor|bg|grc|σοφία||wisdom, divine wisdom}} Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom, divine wisdom”), {{bor|bg|gkm|ναός|Ναός|tr=-}} Byzantine Greek Ναός, {{der|bg|ota|صوفیه|tr=Sofya}} Ottoman Turkish صوفیه (Sofya) Head templates: {{bg-proper noun|Со́фия|f|adj=софи́йски}} Со́фия • (Sófija) f (relational adjective софи́йски) Inflection templates: {{bg-ndecl|Со́фия<(v)>}}, {{bg-ndecl|Со́фия</n:sg>}} Forms: Со́фия [canonical], Sófija [romanization], софи́йски [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], Со́фия [indefinite, singular], Со́фии [indefinite, plural], - [definite, singular], Со́фиите [definite, plural], Со́фийо [singular, vocative], Со́фии [plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], Со́фия [indefinite, singular], - [definite, singular]
  1. Sofia (a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sophia) Categories (topical): Bulgarian female given names, Bulgarian given names
    Sense id: en-София-bg-name-HV~iLnrw Categories (other): Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 9 9 25 26
  2. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria) Categories (place): Cities in Bulgaria, National capitals, Places in Bulgaria, Sofia
    Sense id: en-София-bg-name-SCl6-HdY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: софи́йски (sofíjski), софия́нец (sofijánec), софия́нка (sofijánka)
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