Sophia means "

wisdom Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to contemplate and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. Wisdom is associated with attributes such as unbiased judgment, compassion, experiential self-knowledge, ...

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Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

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Sophia (wisdom) Sophia ( grc-koi, σοφία ''sophía'' "wisdom") is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian theology. Originally carrying a meaning of "cleverness, skill", the later meaning of the term, cl ...

Sophia (Gnosticism) Sophia ( grc-koi, Σοφíα "Wisdom", cop, ⲧⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ "the Sophia") is a major theme, along with Knowledge ( ''gnosis'', Coptic ), among many of the early Christian knowledge-theologies grouped by the heresiologist Irenaeus as (), ‘kn ...

* Sophia (given name)

Places

Niulakita Niulakita is the southernmost island of Tuvalu, and also the name of the only village on this island. Niulakita has a population of 34 (2017 Census). The residents of Niulakita have moved to the island from Niutao. Niulakita is represented in th ...

or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu *

Sophia, Georgetown Sophia is a ward of Georgetown, the capital of Guyana. It's a predominantly Afro-Guyanese community, and one of Georgetown's poorest neighborhoods. Sophia was where Forbes Burnham presented "Declaration of Sophia" at a People's National Congre ...

, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana *

Sophia, North Carolina Sophia is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in central Randolph County, North Carolina, Randolph County in the United States, U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located along U.S. Route 311, just northwest of the route's intersection ...

, an unincorporated community in Randolph County *

Sophia, West Virginia Sophia is a town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It was incorporated in 1912. The population was 1,124 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Sophia has been in operation since 1909. The town was named for Sophia McGin ...

Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

, the capital and largest city of Bulgaria

Arts, entertainment and media

Books and publications

* ''Sophia'' (journal), a periodical about religious and theological philosophy * ''Sophia'' (novel) by Charlotte Lennox (1762)

Music

Sophia (British band) Sophia is a British indie rock band consisting of Robin Proper-Sheppard—former member of The God Machine—and the Sophia collective, a group of musicians who collaborate with Sophia. "Oh My Love" from the album ''People are like Seasons'' ...

Sophia (Japanese band) Sophia (stylized as SOPHIA) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1994 by vocalist Mitsuru Matsuoka, guitarist Kazutaka Toyota, bassist Yoshio Kuroyanagi, drummer Yoshitomo Akamatsu and keyboardist Keiichi Miyako. Currently signed to Avex Trax since ...

* Sophia (singer) or Sophia Abrahão, pop singer from Brazil * ''Sophia'' (The Crüxshadows EP) * ''Sophia'' (Sophia Abrahão EP) * "Sophia" (Nerina Pallot song) * "Sophia" (Laura Marling song) *"Sophia", a song by Good Shoes from '' Think Before You Speak'' *"Sophia", a song by Laura Nyro from ''

Mother's Spiritual ''Mother's Spiritual'' is the eighth studio album by New York City-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro and her ninth original album in total, including the 1977 live album ''Season of Lights''. The album was released at the beginning o ...

'' *"Sophia", a song by Six Organs of Admittance from ''

Dust and Chimes ''Dust and Chimes'' is an album by experimental indie rock band Six Organs of Admittance. It was initially released in 1999, with a wider release in 2000. Critical reception ''The Quietus'' wrote that "the noise aspects were shorn away to a sound ...

Other

*Sophia 3rd, a fictional tank in the video game ''

Blaster Master ''Blaster Master'' is a video game series that was originally developed and published by Sunsoft. It began with the 1988 video game ''Blaster Master'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and the series has been rebooted twice. The first reboo ...

Organizations

Ecclesia Pistis Sophia Ecclesia Pistis Sophia, or the Sophian Fellowship, is a Gnostic church organization based in the United States. Etymology The name '' Ecclesia Pistis Sophia'' literally means "Community of Faith-Wisdom." History Although members claim that it d ...

, a neo-Gnostic church *

Society for the Promotion of Himalayan Indigenous Activities The Society for the Promotion of Himalayan Indigenous Activities (SOPHIA) is a non-profit organisation based in the state of Uttarakhand in India. SOPHIA's office is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, while its operational coverage extends throug ...

(SOPHIA), nongovernmental organization based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (1996)

Other uses

Sophia (robot) Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by the Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics. Sophia was activated on February 14, 2016, and made its first public appearance in mid-March 2016 at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, United ...

, a humanoid robot and Saudi Arabian citizen developed in Hong Kong (2017) *

251 Sophia 251 Sophia is a stony background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 4 October 1885, by astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory in Austria. The S-type asteroid (S/L) has a rotation period of 20. ...

, a main belt asteroid (1885) *

Operation Sophia Operation Sophia, formally European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EU NAVFOR Med), was a military operation of the European Union that was established as a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks with the aim of neutralising estab ...

or EU Navfor Med, a European Union Naval Force operation in the Mediterranean (2015)