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Definition of Sofia

1. Noun. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.

Definition of Sofia

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Bulgaria ¹

2. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sofia

Literary usage of Sofia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1910)
"Sofia, 1905.) gari. ... 16-17, PP- 339-482- Sofia, 1900. ... Sofia, 1901.) Morfill (William Richard). A short grammar of the Bulgarian language with reading ..."

2. A History of Architecture in Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Dawn by Charles Amos Cummings (1901)
"The two capitals are almost identical in form (those of S. Sofia being, however, one third the larger), and differ only in the decoration of the stilt-block ..."

3. Environment in the Transition to a Market Economy: Progress in Central and by Anthony Zamparutti, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"Between the Sofia and Aarhus Conferences, CEE countries and the NIS assumed a larger role in its discussions and work. The Task Force held about twice as ..."

4. The War Correspondence of the "Daily News," 1877-8, Continued from the Fall by Archibald Forbes, Januarius Aloysius MacGahan (1878)
"Entry into Sofia.—Condition of ihe Town.—Feeling of the People.— An Old Turk.—Retrospect of Recent Fighting.—Heavy Losses of the Turks. ..."

5. Diplomatic Reminiscences Before and During the World War, 1911-1917 by Anatolīĭ Vasilʹevich Nekli︠u︡dov (1920)
"DIPLOMATIC REMINISCENCES CHAPTER I MY APPOINTMENT TO Sofia I WAS on leave in ... Russian Minister in Sofia. Having been for more than six years Counsellor ..."

6. Forty Years in Constantinople: The Recollections of Sir Edwin Pears, 1873 by Edwin Pears (1916)
"It was when dining with him and Mrs. O'Conor (Sir Nicholas was not then knighted) years previously at Sofia, that I received an invitation which led to my ..."

7. Pictures from the Balkans by John Foster Fraser (1906)
"Sofia is a miniature Brussels. One of these days it may rival Buda-Pest, ... Twenty- five years ago there were eleven thousand people in Sofia. ..."

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