Zaporizhia

English

Zaporizhia Oblast

Zaporizhia Raion

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɑːpəˈɹiːʒi.ə/, /ˌzɑːpəˈɹiːʒə/, /ˌzæpəˈɹiːʒə/

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• Hyphenation: Zapo‧rizh‧ia

Proper noun

Zaporizhia

1. An industrial city on the Dnieper River in Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine.
2. A municipality of Zaporizhia Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Zaporizhia.
3. A raion of Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Zaporizhia. It is also claimed by Russia.
4. An oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Zaporizhia.
5. (historical) A region south-central Ukraine; The region “beyond the rapids” in the lower reach of the river Dnieper in Ukraine, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.

Derived terms

• Zaporizhian

 

Related terms

• Nove Zaporizhia
• Zaporozhets
• Zaporozhian
• Zaporozhian Cossacks (historical)

 

Translations

city

• Armenian: Զապորոժիե (hy) (Zaporožie)
• Belarusian: Запаро́жжа n (Zaparóžža)
• Bulgarian: Запоро́жие n (Zaporóžie)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Запоріжя (Zaporižja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扎波羅熱／扎波罗热 (Zhɑ̄bōluórè), 扎波里日亞 (Zhɑ̄bōlǐrìyà), 札波羅熱／札波罗热 (Zhábōluórè)

• Czech: Záporoží (cs) n
• Danish: Zaporizjzja, Saporosje
• Dutch: Zaporizja n
• Farefare: Zaporizia
• French: Zaporijia (fr), Zaporojié (fr)
• Georgian: ზაპოროჟიე (zaṗorožie)
• German: Saporischschja (de) n, Saporoschje n
• Greek: Ζαπορίζια (el) f (Zaporízia), Ζαπορόζιε (Zaporózie)

  Ancient Greek: Περᾱκαταρρακτῶν (Perākatarrhaktôn)

• Hungarian: Zaporizzsja (hu)
• Italian: Zaporiggia f, Zaporižžja f
• Kazakh: Запорожье (Zaporoje)
• Kyrgyz: Запорожье (Zaporojye)
• Latin: Transcatarrhactium n
• Lithuanian: Zaporožė f
• Macedonian: Запорожје n (Zaporožje)
• Marathi: झापोरीझझ्या (jhāporījhajhyā)
• Polish: Zaporoże (pl) n
• Portuguese: Zaporíjia, Zaporozhye
• Russian: Запоро́жье (ru) n (Zaporóžʹje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Запорожје n

  Roman: Zaporožje

• Sicilian: Zapuriggia f, Zaporižžja f
• Slovak: Záporožie n
• Swedish: Zaporizjzja n
• Tatar: Запорожье (Zaporoj’ye)
• Turkish: Zaporija
• Ukrainian: Запорі́жжя (uk) n (Zaporížžja)

oblast

• Belarusian: Запаро́жская во́бласць f (Zaparóžskaja vóblascʹ), Запаро́ская во́бласьць f (Zaparóskaja vóblasʹcʹ)
• Marathi: झापोरीझझ्या (jhāporījhajhyā)
• Polish: Obwód zaporoski m
• Russian: Запоро́жская о́бласть (ru) f (Zaporóžskaja óblastʹ)
• Swedish: Zaporizjzja oblast n, Zaporizjzja län n, Zaporizjzjas län n
• Ukrainian: Запорі́зька о́бласть f (Zaporízʹka óblastʹ)