Zaporozhye

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proper noun

An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.

OriginRussian Запоро́жье →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Zaporozhe · alternative Zaporozhie

  1. Alternative form of Zaporizhzhia:
    1. An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.
    2. A raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.
    3. An oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia.
    4. historicalA geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.

Origin

  1. RussianЗапоро́жье
  2. EnglishZaporozhye

Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje), the Russian form of Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja).

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APA

Zaporozhye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zaporozhye

MLA

“Zaporozhye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zaporozhye. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zaporozhye,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zaporozhye.

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