Zaporoże
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje). Piecewise doublet of zaproże.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /za.pɔˈrɔ.ʐɛ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔʐɛ
- Syllabification: Za‧po‧ro‧że
Proper noun
Zaporoże n (related adjective zaporoski)
- Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)
- Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)
- (historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)
Declension
Declension of Zaporoże
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Zaporoże |
| genitive | Zaporoża |
| dative | Zaporożu |
| accusative | Zaporoże |
| instrumental | Zaporożem |
| locative | Zaporożu |
| vocative | Zaporoże |
Derived terms
nouns
- Zaporoszczyzna
- zaporożanin
- zaporożanka
Further reading
- Zaporoże in Polish dictionaries at PWN