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Sofia

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsoʊfiə

Definitions

  1. A female given name, variant of Sophia.
  2. A river in northwestern Madagascar.
  3. Acronym of Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a telescope atop a Boeing 747SP aircraft with an effective diameter of 2.5 meters at altitudes up to 13.7 kilometers.
  4. The capital city of Bulgaria.
  5. A region of Madagascar around the river.
  6. Acronym of Surround Optical Fiber Immunoassay.

Equivalents

Españolsofía
FrançaisSofia
DeutschSofia
39 more languages
AfrikaansSofia
العربيةصوفيا
БългарскиСофия
CatalàSofia
ČeštinaSofie
DanskSofia
Ελληνικάσοφία
EsperantoSofio
EestiSofia
SuomiSofia
GalegoSofía
עבריתסופיה
हिन्दीसोफ़िया
MagyarSzófia
ՀայերենՍոֆիա
ÍslenskaSófía
ItalianoSofia
日本語ソフィア
ភាសាខ្មែរសូភ្វីយ៉ា
LatinaSerdica
LietuviųSofija
LatviešuSofija
МакедонскиСофија
NederlandsSofia
PolskiSofia
PortuguêsSófia
РусскийСофия
SlovenčinaSofia
SlovenščinaSofija
СрпскиSofijaСофија
SvenskaSofia
TürkçeSofya
УкраїнськаСофія
Tiếng ViệtSách Phi ÁXô-phi-a

Examples

Every year in California thousands of parents choose names such as José, Andrés and Sofía for their children, often honoring the memory of a deceased grandmother, aunt or sibling. On the state-issued birth certificates, though, those names will be spelled incorrectly.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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