София

Bulgarian

proper noun

Definitions

Sofia (capital city in Bulgaria)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφία (wisdom, knowledge).

Origin

Ancient Greek

σοφία

Gloss

wisdom, knowledge

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-sophy English
Sophia English
Sophie French
Со́ня Russian
София Russian
Софья Russian
Sofía Spanish, Castilian
θεάνθρωπος Ancient Greek
σοφία Ancient Greek
σοφός Ancient Greek
Sofia Norwegian Bokmål
Sofia Norwegian Nynorsk
filsafat Indonesian
Sofija Latvian
ⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ Coptic