Zaporíjia

See also: Zaporijia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Запоріжжя (Zaporižžja).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /zɐ.pɔˈɾi.ʒjɐ/

  • Hyphenation: Za‧po‧rí‧ji‧a

Proper noun

Zaporíjia f

  1. Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)
    • 2022, Marta Ferreira Leite, “Central nuclear de Zaporíjia foi campo de batalha — e os russos já controlam as instalações. Qual o pior cenário possível e como evitá-lo? [Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was a battlefield - and the Russians already control the facility. What is the worst-case scenario and how can it be avoided?]”, in Observador‎[1]:
      Os medidores de radioatividade instalados em Zaporíjia, […]
      The radioactivity meters installed in Zaporizhzhia, […]
  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)
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