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HAGIA SOFIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hagia Sofia mean?
• HAGIA SOFIA (noun)
The noun HAGIA SOFIA has 1 sense:
1. a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century
Familiarity information: HAGIA SOFIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hagia Sofia; Hagia Sophia; Santa Sofia; Santa Sophia
Instance hypernyms:
museum (a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value)
Holonyms ("Hagia Sofia" is a part of...):
Constantinople; Istanbul; Stamboul; Stambul (the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
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