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Sophia is a common name that comes from the Greek word σοφία, and its older form sophos (σοφος), meaning ("wisdom"), that may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Personification of wisdom (Greek Σοφια) in Celsus Library in Ephesos, Turkey Detail from the Allegory of Wisdom and Strength by Paulo Veronese (c. ...

• -sophy is a combining form as in philo-sophy

Look up Sophia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A combining form is a form of a word used for combining with other words or other combining forms to make new words. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ...

Spiritual

• Sophia (gnosticism), a gnostic deity
• The Sophia of Jesus Christ, gnostic tractate from Nag Hammadi
• Pistis Sophia, the gnostic text
• An important theme in the intertestamental Jewish writing, Sirach (Ben Sirach). In this book wisdom comes from the Torah.

For the Gnostic Christians, the Sophia was a central element in their cosmological understanding of the Universe. ... The Sophia of Jesus Christ is one of many Gnostic tractates from the Nag Hammadi codices, discovered in Egypt in 1945. ... The important Gnostic text, the Pistis Sophia, in five copies, which scholars date c. ...

Real and fictional women named Sophia (or variants thereof)

Sofia Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984 in Halmstad) is a Swedish tennis player. ... Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American director, actress, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Sophia Curtis is an actress who is a character on the CBS drama, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI). ... Sofia Essaïdi is a Franco-Moroccan singer. ... Sofia Gubaidulina in Sortavala 1981 Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина) (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian-Tatar composer of deeply religious music. ... Sofia Konoukh (born March 9, 1980) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. ... | subject_name = Sofia Kovalevskaya | image_name = Kovalevskaïa. ... Sofia Lidskog is an American television personality. ... Sofia Milos Sofia Milos (born September 27, 1965 in Zurich, Switzerland) is an Italian actress. ... Sofia Mulanovich (born June 24, 1983 in Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian surfer of Serbo-Croatian descent. ... Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (Russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова) (born July 13, 1929 in Leningrad) was a Soviet gymnast. ... Sofia Rotaru (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ; born Marshyntsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, August 7, 1947 is a Soviet / Ukrainian singer from a Moldovan family. ... Sophia Shinas (born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a television and film actress. ... Sofie Fatale is a fictional character from the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill Volume 1. ... Oosterwaal in the Jan/Feb 2005 ELLEgirl. ... Sophies World (Sofies verden in the original Norwegian) is a novel by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1991. ... Sophies World (Sofies verden in the original Norwegian) is a novel by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1995. ... Sofia Alekseyevna (Царевна Софья Алексеевна in Russian) (September 17 (27), 1657 – July 3 (14), 1704) was a regent of Russia (1682-1689) who allied herself with a singularly capable courtier and politician, Prince Vasily Galitzine, to install herself as a regent during the minority of her brothers, Peter I and Ivan V. The... Sophia Ali (born 1964) is a Pakistani-American English language poet. ... Sophia Baddeley (1745 - 1786), English actress and singer, was born in London, the daughter of a sergeant-trumpeter named Snow. ... Sophia Hayden Bennett (October 17, 1868–Febrary 3, 1953) was and the first woman to receive an architecture degree. ... Sophia Brahe (August 24, 1556 - c. ... Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. ... Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (Oporto, November 6, 1919 - Lisbon, July 2, 2004) was one of the most important Portuguese poets of the 20th century. ... Sophia Collier is the founder and chair of the Board of Directors of Citizens Advisers, Inc. ... Sophia Dussek née Corri, later Moralt (b. ... Official artwork of Sophia by Square-Enix Sophia Esteed is a character in Square Enixs role playing game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. ... Sophia Ferrari (born March 4, 1966 in San Remo, Liguria, Italy) is an Italian pornographic actress. ... Sophia Forero is a jewelry designer. ... Sophia Hapgood as seen in Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Sophia Hapgood is a fictional character in the game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. ... Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake (1840 – 1912) was an English physician, teacher and feminist. ... Sophia Karp (1861– March 31, 1904), born Sara Segal, a. ... Sophia Lamar (born: Enrique Muñoz June 6th 1955) is a transexual night-life celebrity, model and celebrated actress in New York City. ... Sophia Lee (1750 – 13 March 1824) was an English novelist and dramatist. ... Sophia M. Leung (July 25, 1933- ) born in Wuxi, China and was a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia. ... Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is a motion picture and stage, Academy Award-winning actress, widely considered to be the most popular Italian performer. ... Sophia Anne Lorentzen is the daughter of Haakon Lorentzen and Martha Carvalhos Lorentzen(nee de Freitas). ... Sophia Lopez is the fourth episode of the American television drama Nip/Tuck. ... Romanitas Sophia McDougall (b. ... Sophia Michahelles of Superior Concept Monsters designed this incandescant baby phoenix puppet for New Yorks Village Halloween Parade in 2001, as a response to the attack on the World Trade Center. ... Sophia Myles (IPA: ) (born March 18, 1980) is an English actress. ... Zoe Palaiologina (Greek Ζωή Παλαιολόγου, Russian Софья Фоминична Палеолог, around 1455 - April 7, 1503), Grand Duchess of Moscow, was a niece of the last Byzantine emperor Constantine XI and second wife of Ivan III of Russia. ... Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok (August 11, 1885 – August 26, 1933), whose first name is sometimes spelled Sofia or Sofya and whose last name Parnokh or Parnoh in English (Russian: ), was a Russian poetess and translator, sister of poet Valentin Parnakh and childrens author Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya. ... Sophia Amelia Peabody (1809–1871) was a painter and illustrator born in Salem, Massachusetts. ... Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (Перовская, Софья Львовна in Russian) (September 1 (13), 1853 - April 3 (15), 1881), Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya. ... Sophia Petrillo Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock is a fictional character from the TV series, The Golden Girls, and its spin-offs The Golden Palace and Empty Nest. ... Sophia Willard Dana Ripley (1803-1861), wife of George Ripley, was a nineteenth-century feminist, a Transcendentalist and later a Catholic. ... Sophia G. Romero is a Filipino female writer based in Brooklyn, New York. ... Sophia Smith (born Hatfield, Massachusetts on August 27, 1796) founded Smith College in 1870 with the substantial estate she inherited from her father and siblings. ... Sofia Stewart (pen name Zenia Kavala) is the author of a work called The Third Eye. ... Sarah D. Stoddard (? - 1891) (Sarah D. Hazen) was an American educator who served as Acting Principal of Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) from 1865-1867. ... Sophia Wilson was a Japanese courtesan who married Captain John Wilson. ... Sophia Yan Sophia Yan (嚴倩君 b. ... Queen Sofia of Spain Queen Sofía (Sophia Margarita Victoria Frederika), born Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark is the Queen Consort of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. ... Sofia of Bavaria (Czech: ; German: ; 1376 - 26 September 1425) was a Queen of Bohemia and the wife of Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia and ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (as King of the Romans). She was a daughter of John II, Duke of Bavaria and of the House of Wittelsbach. ... Queen Sophie Amalie. ... The Electress Sophia of Hanover was born Sophia, Pfalzgräfin von Simmern, at The Hague on October 14, 1630, and died at Herrenhausen on June 8, 1714. ... Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (March 16, 1687 – June 28, 1757) was a Princess of Hanover, being the daughter of Georg Ludwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later George I of Great Britain) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. ... Sophia Dorothea (September 15, 1666 – November 23, 1726), only child of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and the Huguenot Eleanore dOlbreuse (1639-1722), was the estranged wife of George Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later King George I of Great Britain), . // Marriage George William had undertaken... Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (24 August 1758 — 29 November 1794), in Danish Sophie Frederikke of Mecklenburg, was a Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. ... Queen Sophia Magdalen. ... Princess Sofia of Nassau, (Sophie in Sweden) (July 9, 1836 - December 30, 1913), was the daughter of George William Augustus Henry, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Pauline Friederica Marie Princess of Württemberg. ... Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice of Prussia (June 14, 1870 - January 13, 1932), was a Queen consort of Greece She was born in Potsdam, Germany in 1870 to then Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, herself the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince... For other persons known as Princess Amelia, see Princess Amelia The Princess Amelia Sophie (10 July 1711 – 31 October 1786), was a member of the British Royal Family, the second daughter of King George II. // Early Life Princess Amelia was born in Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany. ... George II (George Augustus; 10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ... Augusta Sophia (November 8, 1768-September 22, 1840), Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg. ... George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... The Princess Sophia (Sophia Matilda ) (23 February 1779 - 3 May 1848) was a member of the British Royal Family, the 12th child and 6th daughter of King George III. // Birth The Princess Sophia was born at Buckingham Palace, London. ... Princess Sophia of Gloucester, Sophia Matilda (May 29, 1773 - November 29, 1844) was a member of the British Royal Family, a niece of King George III. Sophia was born on May 29, 1773 in London. ... Sophitia Alexandra (ソフィーテーア・アレクサンドル SofÄ«tÄ«a Arekusandoru) is a fictional character designed for the Soul Series of fighting games. ... Soul Calibur is the second game in the Soul series of fighting games developed and produced by Namco, consisting of Soul Edge (Soul Blade in the US), Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur II, and Soul Calibur III. Originally an arcade game, Soul Calibur was ported and released for the Sega Dreamcast... Sophia Forrester as first officer of the Silvana Sophia Forrester - (Σοφια Φορεστρ) is one of the main characters from the 2003 anime series Last Exile. ... Last Exile ) is a steampunk anime series produced in 2003 and created by Gonzo Digimation, the same studio responsible for works such as Blue Submarine No. ... Sofía, Queen of Spain (Sophia Margarita Victoria Frederika), (born Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark on November 2, 1938), is the Queen Consort of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. ...

Bands named Sophia (see Sophia (band))

• Nashville, TN - Sophia (indie/hardcore)
• A group (Sophia (indie rock band)) including ex-God Machine member Robin Proper-Sheppard
• A Swedish industrial/martial band, also named Sophia (industrial band).
• SOPHIA, a japanese band.

Sophia (band) may refer to: Sophia (indie rock band), the band fronted by Robin Proper-Sheppard on his Flower Shop Recordings label in 1996, after the split of The God Machine. ... The God Machine was a rock band active in the first half of the 1990s. ... Martial music, also known as military pop and martial industrial, is a music genre originating in late 20th century Europe. ... Look up Sophia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Geographic locations

• Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia, Istanbul
  • for other meanings of Hagia Sophia or St. Sophia, see Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Sofia Province, Bulgaria
• Sofia Region, a region in northern Madagascar
• Sofia River, a river in Madagascar
• Sophia, West Virginia

• Asteroid 251 Sophia.
• Sophia Cathedral in Russia
• Sophia University in Tokyo
• Sophia Antipolis, France

This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia (Άγια Σοφία in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin, Ayasofya in Turkish) can refer to: The Holy Wisdom of God especially in Eastern Orthodoxy: Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Holy Wisdom in Istanbul, Turkey (formerly Constantinople), now a museum Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine Saint Sophia... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Mayor Boyko Borisov Area    - City 1,310 km²  - Land (?) km²  - Water (?) km² Elevation 550 m Population (15 September 2006)  - City 1,246,791  - Density 907/km²  - Metro 1,377,761 Time zone EET (UTC+2)  - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC... Sofia province shown within Bulgaria Sofia Province is a province (oblast) of Bulgaria. ... Categories: Regions of Bulgaria | Bulgaria geography stubs ... Sophia is a town located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. ... 251 Sophia is a quite typical Main belt asteroid. ... View of Sophia Cathedral, by Giacomo Quarenghi. ... Sophia University ) is a private university, with its main campus located in Yotsuya, an area of Tokyos Chiyoda Ward. ... Sophia Antipolis is a technology park north-west of Nice, France. ...

Science

The NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is abbreviated as SOFIA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... The 747 which will house NASAs Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) on a test flight in 1997. ...

Other

• SOPHIA a vehicle from the Blaster Master video-game series

SOPHIA 4th (2000) as seen in Blaster Master 2 SOPHIA (also referred to as S.O.P.H.I.A., Sophia or Sofia) stands for Subatomic Omni-directional Probative Hyper-responsive Indomitable Abdicator. It is the vehicle used by Jason in the Blaster Master series. ...

See also

• Sofia (disambiguation)
• Sophie
• Logos
• Aeons
• Vladimir Soloviev

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