Sofia

American

[soh-fee-uh, soh-fee-uh, soh-fahy-uh] / ˈsoʊ fi ə, soʊˈfi ə, soʊˈfaɪ ə /

noun

Also Sofiya a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
a female given name.

Sofia British

/ ˈsəʊfɪə /

noun

Bulgarian name: Sofiya. Ancient name: Serdica. the capital of Bulgaria, in the west: colonized by the Romans in 29 _ad ; became capital of Bulgaria in 1879; university (1880). Pop: 1 045 000 (2005 est)

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The festival’s founders boast quite an industry lineage, having met on the set of a Sofia Coppola movie, where they were production assistants.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Burgas and Sofia progressed to the final stage of the selection process following the initial bids, which also included Varna and Plovdiv.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

We meet on a cloudy afternoon at the palace, a neo-Byzantine structure in a grove on the outskirts of Sofia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

"Eventually, our own Voyager spacecraft will be extraterrestrial artifacts in other stellar systems," said Dr. Sofia Sheikh, lead author on the paper.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

I sin against Sofia spirit I pray she don’t find out, but she do.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

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