זאַפּאָראָזשיע

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• זאַפּאָראָזשע (zaporozhe), זשאַפּאָראָזשיע (zhaporozhye)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zapɔˈrɔʒjə/
• Hyphenation: זאַ‧פּאָ‧ראָ‧זשיע

Proper noun

זאַפּאָראָזשיע • (zaporozhye) ?

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. Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)
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)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “זאַפּאָראָזשיע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].