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Hagia in a sentence

Using Hagia

  • In the example corpus, hagia often appears in combinations such as: hagia sophia, the hagia, of hagia.

Context around Hagia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

iconic 1× wisdom 1× entered 1× reverting 1× era 1× sophia 1×

Often after:

sophia 19× sogia 1×

Sentence patterns with Hagia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

537 ad hagia sophia stood 1× byzantine era hagia sophia one 1× century the hagia sophia a 1× gate in hagia sophia had 1× hagia sophia s 1× holy wisdom hagia sophia went 1× in the hagia sophia 1× in the hagia sophia in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a woman gestures 1× an architectural marvel 1× completed in 537 1× erdogan declared istanbul 1× erdogan said that 1× hagia sophia s 1×

Common sentence endings:

as a mosque 1× been badly damaged 1× by the ottomans 1× cease their devotions 1× church in christendom 1× city of constantinople 1×

Words around Hagia

Just before it in the word index:

hagi 25 haghshenas 2 haghill 6 haghani 3 hagh 5 hagglund 3

Just after it in the word index:

hagibis 68 hagiga 2 hagigah 3 hagin 6 hagino 5 hagiographer 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abattoir 62 agi 62 agitations 62 agrippa 62 aimlessly 62 airfare 62

Corpus analysis for Hagia

  • In this selection, "hagia" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, iconic, wisdom, entered, sophia and sogia stand out and add context to how "hagia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 537 ad hagia sophia stood and byzantine era hagia sophia one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hagia" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hagia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Hagia Sophia is the most iconic symbol of Byzantine architecture. (11 words)

Saint Sophia, Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Great Wisdom, Aya Sofia. (12 words)

Erdogan said that the international outcry to Hagia Sophia conversion were empty of content. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

SZ also recalls that Hagia Sophia, a symbol of Byzantium with a history of more than 1.500 years, was turned into a mosque after the fall of Constantinople by the Ottomans, while in 1935, under Kemal Ataturk, it was turned into a museum. (44 words)

Hagia Sophia’s priests, who had been praying for deliverance from the Turks day and night for weeks, neither looked at the young sultan as he rode his white stallion up to the altar, nor did they cease their devotions. (40 words)

A woman gestures in front of the Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, after a court decision that paves the way for it to be converted from a museum back into a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Jul 10, 2020. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

These series of outings show Jessica is well and truly back on her feet after a period of rest at Istanbul's Hagia Sogia Mansions.

Hagia Sophia’s priests, who had been praying for deliverance from the Turks day and night for weeks, neither looked at the young sultan as he rode his white stallion up to the altar, nor did they cease their devotions.

In April 2022, The Turkish Association of Art Historians stated that the historic Imperial Gate in Hagia Sophia had been badly damaged.

It is a typical Orthodox Christian icon, also present in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Ortayli also criticized interventions related to the monument’s function as a mosque, stressing that facilities for daily mosque needs, such as toilets and fountains, cannot be installed in the Hagia Sophia.

The Culture and Tourism Ministry has completed its efforts to separate the entrances of worshippers and cultural visitors to the Hagia Sophia Mosque.

The Hagia Sophia is the most iconic symbol of Byzantine architecture.

An architectural marvel of the 6th century, the Hagia Sophia, a former Byzantine basilica, was converted into a mosque in 1453 after the capture of Istanbul by the Ottomans.

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A woman gestures in front of the Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, after a court decision that paves the way for it to be converted from a museum back into a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Jul 10, 2020.

Completed in 537 AD, Hagia Sophia stood for nearly a millennium at the heart of the Christian world, crowning the fabled city of Constantinople.

Erdogan declared Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a top court ruled the building's conversion to a museum by modern Turkey's founding statesman was illegal.

Erdogan said that the international outcry to Hagia Sophia conversion were empty of content.

In 532, amid the worst riots ever to sweep Constantinople, the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom – Hagia Sophia – went up in flames.

In this course of this plunder, pillage, and wanton murder, the jihadis entered Hagia Sophia, which for nearly a thousand years had been the grandest church in Christendom.

Like the Hagia Sophia, which was a church for centuries and then a mosque for centuries more, had operated as a museum for decades before Erdogan ordered it restored as a mosque.

On Thursday, Turkey’s Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, begins reviewing a request by a group devoted to reverting Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

People walk in 2017 backdropped by the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has championed Islam and religious observance during his 17-year rule, supported the Hagia Sophia campaign, saying Muslims should be able to pray there again.

Saint Sophia, Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Great Wisdom, Aya Sofia.

SZ also recalls that Hagia Sophia, a symbol of Byzantium with a history of more than 1.500 years, was turned into a mosque after the fall of Constantinople by the Ottomans, while in 1935, under Kemal Ataturk, it was turned into a museum.

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Common combinations with hagia

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