The capital and largest city of Bulgaria, in south-eastern Europe. It sits inland, at the foot of a mountain called Vitosha, and it is one of the oldest cities in Europe — people have lived on that spot for thousands of years, under Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman rule in turn, and you can still see Roman ruins in the middle of the modern streets.

The capital and largest city of Bulgaria, in south-eastern Europe保加利亞（在東南歐）最大的城市兼首都。It sits inland, at the foot of a mountain called Vitosha它位在內陸，在一座叫Vitosha的山腳下，and it is one of the oldest cities in Europe也是歐洲最古老的城市之一——people have lived on that spot for thousands of years, under Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman rule in turn人們已經在那個地方住了好幾千年，先後在色雷斯人、羅馬人、拜占庭人，還有鄂圖曼人的統治之下，and you can still see Roman ruins in the middle of the modern streets你現在還能在現代的街道中間看到羅馬時代的遺跡。

Say it with the stress on the first part: SO-fee-a.

Say it with the stress on the first part唸的時候重音放在第一個部分：SO-fee-aSO-fee-a。

The same spelling is also a common girl's name in many countries — Sofia, Sophia, Sofía — and there is a region of Madagascar with the name too, so context tells you which one is meant. As a city name it is always capitalised and takes no 'the': 'I flew to Sofia', not 'the Sofia'.

The same spelling同樣的拼法 is also a common girl's name in many countries — Sofia, Sophia, Sofía也是很多國家常見的女生名字——Sofia、Sophia、Sofía——and there is a region of Madagascar with the name too馬達加斯加也有一個地區叫這個名字，so context tells you which one is meant所以要看上下文才知道指的是哪一個。As a city name當作城市名字用的時候，it is always capitalised and takes no 'the'它一定要大寫，前面也不加'the'：'I flew to Sofia'說「I flew to Sofia」，not 'the Sofia'不說「the Sofia」。