HAGIA SOPHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hagia Sophia mean? 

• HAGIA SOPHIA (noun)
  The noun HAGIA SOPHIA 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 SOPHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAGIA SOPHIA (noun)

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 Sophia" 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)