Запорожие
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Ruthenian Запорожие (Zaporožije), formed as за- (za-, “forward”) + Ukrainian пороги (porohy, “rapids”) + -ие (-ie).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Запоро́жие • (Zaporóžie)
- Zaporizhia (city in central Ukraine, formal center of the Zaporozhian Sech)
- Zaporizhia (region in Ukraine)
Alternative forms[edit]
- Запори́жя (Zaporížja) — Ukrainian pronunciation
Related terms[edit]
- праг (prag, “threshold”) (cognate with the root of the East Slavic word)