Zoja

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója), equivalent to the Czech and English Zoe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzoja]

Proper noun

Zoja f

  1. A female given name.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Зоя (Zoja). Cognate with English Zoe.

Proper noun

Zoja f

  1. A female given name.
  2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Зоя (Zoja).

References
  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Zoja was the only given name of 3452 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔja/

Proper noun

Zoja f (genitive Zoje, nominative plural Zoje) declension pattern ulica

  1. A female given name.

Declension
Declension of Zoja
singular plural
nominative Zoja Zoje
genitive Zoje Zojí
dative Zoji Zojam
accusative Zoju Zoje
locative Zoji Zojach
instrumental Zojou Zojami

Further reading
  • Zoja in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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