HAGIA SOFIA

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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

Synonyms:

Hagia Sofia; Hagia Sophia; Santa Sofia; Santa Sophia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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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