Zaporizhzhia

• Zaporizhzhya, Zaporizhia, Zaporizhya (from Ukrainian)
• Zaporozhe, Zaporozhye, Zaporozhie (from Russian)

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɑːpəˈɹiːʒi.ə/, /ˌzæp.ə-/, /-ˈɹiːʒ.ə/, /-ɹiːʒ.ʒ(i.)ə/

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• Hyphenation: Zapo‧rizh‧zhia

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.

• (city): Zaporizhzhia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (raion): Zaporizhzhia Raion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (oblast): Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia