Zaporizhia
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[edit] Etymology
From the historical region of the same name, Ukrainian Запоріжжя (Zaporížžja, “place beyond the rapids”), from за (za, “beyond”) + пороги (poróhy, “rapids”), plural of поріг (poríh, “river rapid, threshold”). Compare Russian Запорожье (Zaporóž’e).
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- Hyphenation: Zapo‧rizh‧ia
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Zaporizhia
- An industrial city on the Dnieper river of south-central Ukraine, administrative centre of Zaporizhia province.
- Zaporizhia province (oblast), in south-eastern Ukraine.
- (historical) The region “beyond the rapids” in the lower reach of the river Dnieper in Ukraine, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
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- Zaporozhe, Zaporozhye, Zaporozhie
- Aleksandrovsk, Aleksandrovs’k, Alexandrovsk (historical)
- (province): Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhya Oblast
[edit] Related terms
- Zaporozhian Cossacks (historical)
- Zaporozhets
