sofia
Portuguese, noun/soˈfi.ɐ/
sofia is spelled S-O-F-I-A (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sofia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “science” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “capital da Bulgária”.
What does sofia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescience
- 2
femininewisdom
suffix
- 1
-sophy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capital da Bulgária
noun: 1. prenome feminino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sofia
- sofias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sofia?
- Brazil /soˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal /suˈfi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sofia in Portuguese?
sofia appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).