Zaporijia

See also: Zaporíjia

French

Alternative forms

  • Zaporijjia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.pɔ.ʁi.ʒja/

Proper noun

Zaporijia 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)
    Synonyms: Alexandrovsk, Olexandrivsk, Zaporojié
  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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