Sophia Explained

Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to:

• Sophia (wisdom)
• Sophia (Gnosticism)
• Sophia (given name)

Places

• Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu
• Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana
• Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Randolph County
• Sophia, West Virginia
• Sofia, Bulgaria, 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 (Japanese band)
• 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
• "Sophia", a song by Six Organs of Admittance from Dust and Chimes

Other

• Sophia 3rd, a fictional tank in the video game Blaster Master
• Sophia (TV series), Russian historical drama

Organizations

• Ecclesia Pistis Sophia, a neo-Gnostic church
• Society for the Promotion of Himalayan Indigenous Activities (SOPHIA), nongovernmental organization based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (1996)

Other uses

• Sophia (robot), a humanoid robot and Saudi Arabian citizen developed in Hong Kong (2017)
• 251 Sophia, a main belt asteroid (1885)
• Operation Sophia or EU Navfor Med, a European Union Naval Force operation in the Mediterranean (2015)

See also

• Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)
• Saint Sophia (disambiguation)
• Sofia (disambiguation)
• Sophiology, a philosophical concept regarding wisdom, as well as a theological concept regarding the wisdom of God