Sophia
EigennameSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈsəʊ.fiː.ə//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//səˈfaɪ.ə//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//səˈfiːə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//soʊˈfi.ə//
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Eigenname
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A female given name from 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 […]
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An aeon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition.
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A town in West Virginia, United States; named for early resident Sophia McGinnis.
Herkunft
Chiefly from Latin Sophia, from Ancient Greek Σοφία (Sophía), from σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”), especially in reference to holy or divine wisdom under the influence of Biblical Hebrew חוכמה (khokhmá), to the early martyr St. Sophia, and to many figures of European royalty and nobility. Also used as a calque for the many cognate forms, such as Italian Sofia, Ukrainian Софі́я (Sofíja), Russian Софи́я (Sofíja), Polish Zofia, etc. Doublet of Sofia.
Substantiv
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Variante von SafawialtertümlichArchaic spelling of Safawi.
It is written from Constantinople that the 'Sophia' of Persia is dead and that his brother had taken the government.
Herkunft
See Sophy.
Formen
- Plural
- Sophias