Meaning & History
Capital of Bulgaria named after the Saint Sofia Church located in the city. The name was first used by Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman in the 14th century.
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Type Settlement
Usage English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai
Scripts Սոֆիա(Armenian) Σόφια(Greek) ソフィア(Japanese Katakana) โซเฟีย(Thai)
Pronounced Pron. SO-fee-ə(English) SAW-fee-ə(English) so-FEE-ə(English) saw-FEE-ah(Armenian) soo-FEE-ə(Catalan) so-FEE-a(Catalan) SO-fee-ah(Estonian, Finnish) SAW-FYA(French) ZO-fee-a(German) SO-fkha(Greek) SAW-fya(Italian, Polish) SO-FYEE-A(Japanese) SO-fee-a(Romanian) SO-fya(Slovak) so-FYA(Thai) [key·IPA]