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Zaporizhzhia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌzæ.pə-/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-ˈɹiː.ʒə/
• /ˌzɑː.pəˈɹiːʒi.ə/
• /-ɹiːʒ.ʒ(i)ə/

Etymology

From the historical region of the same name, Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja, “place beyond the rapids”), from за (za, “beyond”) + поро́ги (poróhy, “rapids”), plural of порі́г (poríh, “river rapid, threshold”). Compare Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).

Meanings

1. An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.
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2. A raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.
3. An oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.
4. (historical) A geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
5. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast.
6. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Borzna Raion, Chernihiv Oblast.
7. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Mahdalynivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
8. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Petropavlivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
9. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Piatykhatky Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
10. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Shyroke Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
11. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast.
12. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Velyka Novosilka Raion, Donetsk Oblast.
13. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Velyka Lepetykha Raion, Kherson Oblast.
14. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion, Kherson Oblast.
15. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast.
16. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Pology Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
17. Numerous villages in Ukraine: ▸ A village in Vesele Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Forms

Deriveds

Zaporizhzhian

Relateds

Zaporozhian Cossacks · Zaporozhian · Nove Zaporizhzhia · Zaporozhets

Synonyms

Alexandrovsk · Olexandrivsk

Translations (62)

th ซาปอริฌเฌีย (oblast in Ukraine) · bg Запоро́жие (city in Ukraine) · da Saporosje (city in Ukraine) · th ซาปอริซเซีย (city in Ukraine) · de Saporoschje (city in Ukraine) · pl Zaporoże (city in Ukraine) · sh Zaporožje (city in Ukraine) · tt Запорожье (city in Ukraine) · ru Запоро́жская о́бласть (oblast in Ukraine) · it Zaporiggia (city in Ukraine) · mr झापोरीझझ्या (oblast in Ukraine) · uk Запорі́зька о́бласть (oblast in Ukraine) · mr झापोरीझझ्या (city in Ukraine) · lt Zaporožė (city in Ukraine) · be Запаро́жская во́бласць (oblast in Ukraine) · ca Zaporíjia (city in Ukraine) · scn Zapuriggia (city in Ukraine) · ru Запоро́жье (city in Ukraine) · pt Zaporíjia (city in Ukraine) · tt Запаружи (city in Ukraine) · pl obwód zaporoski (oblast in Ukraine) · ky Запорожье (city in Ukraine) · be Запаро́ская во́бласьць (oblast in Ukraine) · hu Zaporizzsja (city in Ukraine) · be Запаро́жжа (city in Ukraine) · sk Záporožie (city in Ukraine) · sh Запорожје (city in Ukraine) · el Ζαπορίζια (city in Ukraine) · hy Զապորոժիե (city in Ukraine) · rsk Запорожє (city in Ukraine) · tr Zaporija (city in Ukraine) · el Ζαπορόζιε (city in Ukraine) · grc Περᾱκαταρρακτῶν (city in Ukraine) · uk Запорі́жжя (village in Mykolaivka, Ukraine) · cs Záporoží (city in Ukraine) · sv Zaporizjzjas län (oblast in Ukraine) · mk Запорожје (city in Ukraine) · pt Zaporozhye (city in Ukraine) · vo Saporiȷya (city in Ukraine) · nl Zaporizja (city in Ukraine) · uk Запорі́жжя (city in Ukraine) · de Saporischschja (city in Ukraine) · kk Запорожье (city in Ukraine) · cmn 扎波里日亞 (city in Ukraine) · cmn 札波羅熱 /札波罗热 (city in Ukraine) · cmn 扎波羅熱 /扎波罗热 (city in Ukraine) · la Transcatarrhactium (city in Ukraine) · sv Zaporizjzja (city in Ukraine) · pl Zaporoże (village in Mykolaivka, Ukraine) · fr Zaporojié (city in Ukraine) · da Zaporizjzja (city in Ukraine) · ka ზაპოროჟიე (city in Ukraine) · sv Zaporizjzja oblast (oblast in Ukraine) · fr Zaporijia (city in Ukraine) · th ซาปอริฌเฌีย (city in Ukraine) · gur Zaporizia (city in Ukraine) · hi ज़पोरिझ़्झ़्या (city in Ukraine) · it Zaporižžja (city in Ukraine) · sv Zaporizjzja län (oblast in Ukraine) · scn Zaporižžja (city in Ukraine) · th ซาปอริซเซีย (oblast in Ukraine) · rue Запоріжя (city in Ukraine)

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