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Zaporizhzhia

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Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Raion

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the historical region of the same name, Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja, “place beyond the rapids”), from за (za, “beyond”) + поро́ги (poróhy, “rapids”), plural of порі́г (poríh, “river rapid, threshold”). Compare Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌzɑːpəˈɹiːʒi.ə/, /ˌzæp.ə-/, /-ˈɹiːʒ.ə/, /-ɹiːʒ.ʒ(i.)ə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Zapo‧rizh‧zhia

Proper noun

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Zaporizhzhia

  2. An industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River.
    • 2022 October 17, Ivana Kottasová, “‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge.
  4. A raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.
  6. An oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.
  8. (historical) A geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
  10. A village in Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
  12. A village in Borzna Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
  14. A village in Mahdalynivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  16. A village in Petropavlivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  18. A village in Piatykhatky Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  20. A village in Shyroke Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  22. A village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  24. A village in Velyka Novosilka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  26. A village in Velyka Lepetykha Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
  28. A village in Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
  30. A village in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
  32. A village in Pology Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.
  34. A village in Vesele Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.

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