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Ultimately from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje, “place beyond the rapids”) or a related term; compare Zaporizhian, Zaporizhzhia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zaporozhian
Today it means: One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine. Full definition →