Zaporozhian
Zaporozhian noun: one of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine.
Noun
Zaporozhian (plural Zaporozhians)
- One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine.
- Instead, the Zaporozhians tended to concentrate on their own affairs, that is, those of a relatively small (they rarely numbered more than 10,000), isolated Cossack fraternity based in the vast, empty steppes between the Hetmanate in the north and the Crimean Khanate in the south.2009, Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History, 4th edition, University of Toronto Press, unnumbered page
- As the Zaporozhians began to clash with the newcomers a number of Serb settlements were wiped out and the colonization came to a halt.2016, Alexander Basilevsky, Early Ukraine, McFarland & Company, page 359
- Synonyms:
- Zaporozhian Cossack, Ukrainian Cossack
Adjective
Zaporozhian (comparative more Zaporozhian, superlative most Zaporozhian)
- Of or relating to the Zaporozhians or their culture, etc.
- Then, too, towards the middle of the eighteenth century both the Russian government and the Zaporozhian nobility began to use all means to attract settlers to the Southern Ukraine.1955, Annals, Volumes 14-20, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States, page 2
- […]city-type centres and settlements in the Zaporozhian territory the Sich's role as the regional centre grew especially important and that fact unexpectedly gave to a free steppe region a highly centralized form of government.1978, Lev Okinshevych, Ukrainian Society and Government, 1648-1781, Ukrainian Free University, page 117
Synonyms of Zaporozhian
- Zaporozhian Cossack
- Ukrainian Cossack
Forms of Zaporozhian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Zaporozhians |
| alternative form | Zaporogian |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Zaporozhian |
| superlative | most Zaporozhian |
Origin of Zaporozhian
Ultimately from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje, “place beyond the rapids”) or a related term; compare Zaporizhian, Zaporizhzhia.
Questions about Zaporozhian
- What does Zaporozhian mean?
- Zaporozhian means one of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine.
- What part of speech is Zaporozhian?
- Zaporozhian can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Zaporozhian?
- The plural of Zaporozhian is Zaporozhians.
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