Zaporoże

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje). Piecewise doublet of zaproże.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.pɔˈrɔ.ʐɛ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔʐɛ
  • Syllabification: Za‧po‧ro‧że

Proper noun

Zaporoże n (related adjective zaporoski)

  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)
  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)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • Zaporoszczyzna
  • zaporożanin
  • zaporożanka

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