"Hagia Sophia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhɑːɡiə soʊˈfiə/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἁγία Σοφία (Hagía Sophía, “Holy Wisdom”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gkm|-}} Byzantine Greek, {{bor|en|grc|Ἁγία Σοφία||Holy Wisdom}} Ancient Greek Ἁγία Σοφία (Hagía Sophía, “Holy Wisdom”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Hagia Sophia
  1. A mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, (historical) the former patriarchal church of Greek Orthodoxy, operated as a museum 1935–2020. Wikipedia link: Hagia Sophia Categories (topical): Byzantine Empire, Museums, Ottoman Empire Categories (place): Istanbul, Places in Istanbul, Places in Turkey, Turkey Synonyms: Great Church, Agia Sofia [Greek, modern], Aya Sofya (english: Turkish) Translations (a former basilica, now a mosque in Turkey): Ajasofja (Albanian), Shën Sofia (Albanian), آيَا صُوفِيَا (ʔāyā ṣūfiyā) (Arabic), Света София (Sveta Sofija) (Bulgarian), 聖蘇菲亞大教堂 (Chinese Cantonese), 圣苏菲亚大教堂 (sing³ sou¹ fei¹ aa³ daai⁶ gaau³ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 圣索菲亚大教堂 (Shèng Suǒfēiyà Dàjiàotáng) (Chinese Mandarin), Hagia Sophia (Danish), Hagia Sofia (Finnish), Hagia Sophia (German), Αγία Σοφία (Agía Sofía) (Greek), Hagia Szophia (Hungarian), Ægisif (Icelandic), ハギアソフィア大聖堂 (Hagiasofia taiseidō) (Japanese), Sancta Sapientia (Latin), Hagia Sophia (Latin), ایاصوفیه (Persian), Hagia Sofia (Polish), Hagia Sofia [feminine] (Portuguese), Собо́р Свято́й Софи́и (Sobór Svjatój Sofíi) [masculine] (Russian), Aja Sofija (Serbo-Croatian), Santa Sofía (Spanish), Hagia Sofia (Swedish), ஹேகியா சோபியா (hēkiyā cōpiyā) (Tamil), สุเหร่าโซเฟีย (sùrào sohfia) (Thai), Aya Sofya (Turkish), Aýasofýa (Turkmen), Софійський собор (Sofijsʹkyj sobor) (Ukrainian), ایاصوفیہ (eāsofeh) (Urdu), Hagia Sophia (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a former basilica, now a mosque in Turkey",
      "word": "Hagia Sophia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hagia Sophia"
}

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