Zaporozhye

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Zaporozhye

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

proper noun Zaporozhe · Zaporozhie

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

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@misc{zaporozhye_2026,
  title = {Zaporozhye},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zaporozhye},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}