English Explanatory Dictionary

Zaporozhian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the Zaporozhians or their culture, etc.

Word forms

Zaporozhian Zaporozhians Zaporogian more Zaporozhian most Zaporozhian

Etymology

Ultimately from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje, “place beyond the rapids”) or a related term; compare Zaporizhian, Zaporizhzhia.

Synonyms

Zaporozhian Cossack Ukrainian Cossack
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