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Sonia

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

noun

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


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First came the Diona, then the Hero II and the Sonia 1.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

In dissent on Monday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, objected that the court had read that vision out of the statutes Congress wrote.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the asylum law arose from the “international moral reckoning that followed the Holocaust and World War II.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a dissent joined by the other two liberal justices.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

"Your grandmother doesn't own a bathing suit, Shanti," Aunt Sonia says.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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