Sofija

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1508. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

Proper noun

Sofija f

  1. Sofia (the city)
  2. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia.

References
  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
  • Population Register of Latvia: Sofija was the only given name of 3010 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Sofija f

  1. Sofia (the city)
  2. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sǒfija/
  • Hyphenation: So‧fi‧ja

Proper noun

Sòfija f (Cyrillic spelling Со̀фија)

  1. Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria
  2. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia.

Declension
Declension of Sofija
singular
nominative Sofija
genitive Sofije
dative Sofiji
accusative Sofiju
vocative Sofijo / Sofija
locative Sofiji
instrumental Sofijom
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