(isim) sofya

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Sophia
A female given name, borne by an early Christian saint, and by European royalty

Gram said, Sophia. Would that be an Italian name? It came from a great-aunt, Sophia told her, turning briefly in her direction. Was your great-aunt Italian? No, Scottish. Oh. I knew what Gram was aiming at here. She wanted to find out whether Sophia was Catholic. She poked her headful of pink curlers forward for a moment and looked at me. Presbyterian, I told her. Oh. She sat back again, Oh, well, you could see her thinking, her own daughter had married Episcopal and the sky hadn't fallen in. It's a pretty name, anyhow, she told Sophia. Thank you. I like names that end with an a, don't you? - - -.

{i} female first name; name of several towns in the USA
Russian Sofya Alekseyevna born Sept. 27, 1657, Moscow, Russia died July 14, 1704, Moscow Regent of Russia (1682-89). Daughter of Tsar Alexis, she objected to the succession of her half brother Peter I (the Great) as tsar (1682) and instigated an uprising by the streltsy (household troops). She arranged to have her brother Ivan V proclaimed coruler with Peter and assumed the role of regent. With help from her chief adviser and lover, Vasily Golitsyn, she promoted the development of industry and concluded peace treaties with Poland (1686) and China (1689). After sponsoring two disastrous military campaigns against the Crimean Tatars (1687, 1689), she tried to regain her influence by inciting the streltsy to oust Peter and his advisers. She was instead overthrown by Peter in 1689 and forced to enter a convent. Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg Strelitz Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulos Hagia Sophia Loren Sophia
An Æon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition
borne by an early Christian saint, and by European royalty