Hagia Sophia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἁγία Σοφία (Hagía Sophía, “Holy Wisdom”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hagia Sophia
- A mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, (historical) the former patriarchal church of Greek Orthodoxy, operated as a museum 1935–2020.
Synonyms[edit]
- Great Church, Agia Sofia (modern Greek), Aya Sofya (Turkish)
Translations[edit]
a former basilica, now a mosque in Turkey
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