Запоріжжя

Ukrainian

Etymology

Morphologically за- (za-, postessive prefix) +‎ порі́г (poríh, plural поро́ги m inan (poróhy, “the Rapids”)) +‎ -я n inan sg (-ja, suffix). Compare Надпорі́жжя (Nadporížžja) and Припорі́жжя (Pryporížžja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɐpoˈrʲiʒʲːɐ]

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Proper noun

Запорі́жжя • (Zaporížžja) n inan (genitive Запорі́жжя, uncountable, relational adjective запорі́зький or запоро́зький)

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

Declension

Declension of Запорі́жжя
(inan sg-only neut in -ja accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja
genitive	Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja
dative	Запорі́жжю Zaporížžju
accusative	Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja
instrumental	Запорі́жжям Zaporížžjam
locative	Запорі́жжі Zaporížži
vocative	Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja

Descendants

• → Chinese: 扎波里日亞 (Zhɑ̄bōlǐrìyà) (transliteration)
• → Dutch: Zaporizja
• → English: Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhya, Zaporizhia
• → Estonian: Zaporižžja
• → Finnish: Zaporižžja
• → French: Zaporijia, Zaporijjia
• → Italian: Zaporižžja
• → Japanese: ザポリージャ, ザポリッジャ
• → Latvian: Zaporižja
• → Lithuanian: Zaporižia
• → Portuguese: Zaporíjia
• → Swedish: Zaporizjzja
• → Turkish: Zaporija

Further reading

• Запоріжжя on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^uk
• Запоріжжя (Синельниківський район) on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^uk
• “Запоріжжя”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]