import re
regex = re.compile(r"([\x{0041}-\x{005A}]{2,})", flags=re.UNICODE)
test_str = ("SONYA\n"
"We Want to only replace SONYA and not S O N Y A.\n")
subst = "\\L$1"
result = regex.sub(subst, test_str)
if result:
print(result)
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html