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Запорожье

/[zəpɐˈroʐje]/
Russianname

Definitions

  1. 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. 2.
    Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)
  3. 3.
    Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)
  4. 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

Synonyms
  • Александровск
Related words (4)
  • запоро́жец
  • запорожка
  • Запоро́жец
  • Сечь

Etymology

From за- (za-) + поро́г (poróg) + -ье (-ʹje).

Forms

  • Запоро́жьеcanonical • inanimate • neuter
  • Zaporóžʹjeromanization
  • Запоро́жьяgenitive
  • запоро́жскийadjective • relational
Nominative
Singular
Запоро́жье
Plural
Genitive
Singular
Запоро́жья
Plural
Dative
Singular
Запоро́жью
Plural
Accusative
Singular
Запоро́жье
Plural
Instrumental
Singular
Запоро́жьем
Plural
Prepositional
Singular
Запоро́жье
Plural

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