Запорожие
/[zɐpoˈrɔʒiɛ]/
Bulgarianname
Definitions
- 1.Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)
- 2.Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)
- 3.Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)
- 4.Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)
Synonyms & related words
Related words (1)
Etymology
From Old Ruthenian Запорожие (Zaporožje), formed as за- (za-, “forward”) + Ukrainian пороги (porohy, “rapids”) + -ие (-ie).
Forms
- Запоро́жиеcanonical
- Zaporóžieromanization
- Запори́жяalternative