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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Sofia

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

The ticker tape had barely settled in Austria before Bulgaria's national broadcaster BNT confirmed Sofia as next year's host city.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

It will not come as a surprise to Sofia.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

But Rachel started crying when she heard her best friend, Sofia Garcia, would outlive her by 172 days.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

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