Zaporizhia

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

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).

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

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• Hyphenation: Zapo‧rizh‧ia

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.