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Sonia

American  
[soh-nyuh, saw-nyah] / ˈsoʊ njə, ˈsɔ njɑ /

noun

  1. a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.


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He recalled chatting with Graham one day and asking him point-blank why he had backed Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Greater presidential control has upsides and downsides—in dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor predicts that the ruling will concentrate unprecedented and possibly dangerous levels of power in the president’s hands.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

"Compared to historical measurements, this was obviously very unusual," said Sonia Seneviratne, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Her oldest sister, Sonia Gonzalez, said Gonzalez reminds her a lot of their father, who reinvented himself many times over the years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Sonia used to try to convince her to wear colorful clothes, but it didn't work.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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