Sophia

/ (səʊˈfaɪə) /

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noun

1630–1714, electress of Hanover (1658–1714), in whom the Act of Settlement (1701) vested the English Crown. She was a granddaughter of James I of England and her son became George I of Great Britain and Ireland

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Words nearby Sophia

sopaipilla, Soper, soph, Sophar, sopher, Sophia, Sophie, sophism, sophist, sophister, sophistic

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How to use Sophia in a sentence

Sophia pays the $20,000 or more necessary to extract and freeze a large number of her eggs.
‘Designer’ Babies Are Only for the Rich|Jean Twenge|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ten years later, Sophia and her husband decide to start a family.
‘Designer’ Babies Are Only for the Rich|Jean Twenge|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three years later Sophia goes back to the clinic, where they repeat the IVF process and transfer a single normal female embryo.
‘Designer’ Babies Are Only for the Rich|Jean Twenge|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Celebrities like Paul Newman and Sophia Loren even dropped by for tours.
Israel’s Tiniest Breakaway State|Nina Strochlic|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Cox is a transgender actor, and her character on OITNB, Sophia, is a transgender as well.
My Visit to the 'Orange Is the New Black' Prison|Kevin Fallon|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Miss Sophia she turned pale, but the color come back when she found the man warn't hurt.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
If Sophia but knew what it meant to keep going the multitudinous details and departments of a household!
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
In, in through the portal King Valdemar strode, Sophia received him in complaisant mode.
The Tale of Brynild, and King Valdemar and his Sister|Anonymous
For her wept every dame, for her wept every maid, All wept save Sophia, that vile wicked jade.
The Tale of Brynild, and King Valdemar and his Sister|Anonymous
You see, if Swithin Cleveland had been in the ruins that time—you know—he could not possibly have written that letter to Sophia.
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg