Definitions for sophia
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1. Sophianoun

   An Æon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition.

2. Sophianoun

   A female given name from Ancient Greek, borne by an early Christian saint, and by European royalty.

   To say the truth, Sophia, when very young, discerned that Tom, though an idle, thoughtless, rattling rascal, was nobody's enemy but his own

3. Sophianoun

   An aeon in the Gnostic tradition.

4. Sophianoun

   A town in West Virginia, United States; named for early resident Sophia McGinnis.

5. Etymology: From σοφία.

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1. Sophia

   Sophia is the second single released from the re-release of Nerina Pallots second album, Fires. It was released on October 2, 2006. It was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song (Musically and Lyrically). The single includes Pallot's cover of Kylie Minogue's "Confide in Me".

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1. Sophia

   Sophia is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism, Orthodox Christianity, Esoteric Christianity, as well as Christian mysticism. Sophiology is a philosophical concept regarding wisdom, as well as a theological concept regarding the wisdom of the biblical God. Sophia is honored as a goddess of wisdom by Gnostics, as well as by some Neopagan, New Age, and feminist-inspired Goddess spirituality groups. In Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity, Sophia, or rather Hagia Sophia, is an expression of understanding for the second person of the Holy Trinity, as well as in the Old Testament, as seen in the Book of Proverbs 9:1, but not an angel or goddess.

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1. SOPHIA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sophia is ranked #100302 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sophia surname appeared 180 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sophia.
   
   78.8% or 142 total occurrences were White.
   13.8% or 25 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.8% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
   3.3% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sophia in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sophia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sophia in a Sentence

1. Jim Colucci:

   Bea was offended, when the writers called Rose [Betty White] dumb or Blanche [Rue McClanahan] a slut or Sophia [Estelle Getty] old, it could roll off those women’s backs because they were not like their characters.

2. Paul Trible:

   Last week, Sophia Nelson tweeted a question and previously tweeted other comments that have caused great pain and outrage for many members of our Christopher Newport family.When one of us hurts, we all hurt.

3. Felicity Huffman:

   I had no answer, i can only say Im so sorry, Sophia. I was frightened, I was stupidand I was so wrong. I am deeply ashamed of what I have done. I have done more damage than I could ever imagine. I realize now with my mothering that love and truth go hand in hand.I take full responsibility for my actions.

4. Cindy De La Hoz:

   She was a fatherless child, her birth father would not marry her mother … He allowed [ Sophia ] to use his last name, but everyone in town knew she was illegitimate. She was made fun of for that. And growing up, she saw war all around her house. She had very, very little food. When air raids would strike the town, she and her family would run for over and had to go in hiding … There was disease, rodents … Because they had such scarcity of food, she was very, very thin. That’s how she gained her nickname in school, Toothpick.

5. Andrew Klaven:

   Sometimes the world seemed to come with subtitles, like a foreign film. So help her, sometimes people's hidden motives, their lies, their rationalizations, were so pitifully apparent that Sophia felt she could just sit and read them.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sophia
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sophia
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html