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Zaporozhye

Zaporozhye proper noun: an industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.

Proper noun

Zaporozhye

  1. An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.
  2. A raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.
  3. An oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia.
  4. (historical) A geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.

Forms of Zaporozhye

alternative formZaporozhe
alternative formZaporozhie

Origin of Zaporozhye

Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje), the Russian form of Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja).

Questions about Zaporozhye

What does Zaporozhye mean?
Zaporozhye means an industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.
What part of speech is Zaporozhye?
Zaporozhye is a proper noun.

Words near Zaporozhye in the dictionary

  1. Zaporogues
  2. Zaporozhe
  3. Zaporozhian
  4. Zaporozhians
  5. Zaporozhie
  6. Zaporozhye
  7. zapota
  8. zapotas
  9. zapote
  10. Zapote I
  11. Zapote II

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