English

Alternative forms

• Zaporizhzhya, Zaporizhzhia

Proper noun

Zaporizhia

1. An industrial city on the Dnieper river of south-central Ukraine, administrative centre of Zaporizhia province.
2. Zaporizhia province (oblast), in south-eastern Ukraine.
3. (historical) The region “beyond the rapids” in the lower reach of the river Dnieper in Ukraine, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.

Synonyms

• Zaporozhe, Zaporozhye, Zaporozhie
• Aleksandrovsk, Aleksandrovs’k, Alexandrovsk (historical)
• (province): Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhya Oblast

Related terms

• Zaporozhian Cossacks (historical)
• Zaporozhets

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