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Zaporizhzhia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.
  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. 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:
  6. A village in Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast.
  7. A village in Borzna Raion, Chernihiv Oblast.
  8. A village in Mahdalynivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
  9. A village in Petropavlivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
  10. A village in Piatykhatky Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
  11. A village in Shyroke Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
  12. A village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast.

Pronunciation

/ˌzɑː.pəˈɹiːʒi.ə/ /ˌzæ.pə-/ /-ˈɹiː.ʒə/ /-ɹiːʒ.ʒ(i)ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Zaporizhia.wav

Word forms

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhya Zaporizhia Zaporizhya Zaporozhe Zaporozhye Zaporozhie

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).

Synonyms

Alexandrovsk Olexandrivsk

Related words

Nove Zaporizhzhia Zaporozhets Zaporozhian Zaporozhian Cossacks

Derived words

Zaporizhzhian

Translations

Armenian: Զապորոժիե Belarusian: Запаро́жжа Belarusian: Запаро́жская во́бласць Belarusian: Запаро́ская во́бласьць Bulgarian: Запоро́жие Carpathian Rusyn: Запоріжя Catalan: Zaporíjia Chinese Mandarin: 扎波羅熱 /扎波罗热 Chinese Mandarin: 扎波里日亞 Chinese Mandarin: 札波羅熱 /札波罗热 Czech: Záporoží Danish: Zaporizjzja Danish: Saporosje Dutch: Zaporizja Farefare: Zaporizia French: Zaporijia French: Zaporojié Georgian: ზაპოროჟიე German: Saporischschja German: Saporoschje Greek: Ζαπορίζια Greek: Ζαπορόζιε Ancient Greek: Περᾱκαταρρακτῶν Hindi: ज़पोरिझ़्झ़्या Hungarian: Zaporizzsja Italian: Zaporiggia Italian: Zaporižžja Kazakh: Запорожье Kyrgyz: Запорожье Latin: Transcatarrhactium Lithuanian: Zaporožė Macedonian: Запорожје Marathi: झापोरीझझ्या Pannonian Rusyn: Запорожє Polish: Zaporoże Polish: Obwód zaporoski Portuguese: Zaporíjia Portuguese: Zaporozhye Russian: Запоро́жье Russian: Запоро́жская о́бласть Serbo-Croatian: Запорожје Serbo-Croatian: Zaporožje Sicilian: Zapuriggia Sicilian: Zaporižžja Slovak: Záporožie Swedish: Zaporizjzja Swedish: Zaporizjzja oblast Swedish: Zaporizjzja län Swedish: Zaporizjzjas län Tatar: Запорожье Tatar: Запаружи Thai: ซาปอริฌเฌีย Thai: ซาปอริซเซีย Turkish: Zaporija Ukrainian: Запорі́жжя Ukrainian: Запорі́зька о́бласть Volapük: Saporiȷya
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