Zaporozhye

English

Alternative forms

• Zaporozhe, Zaporozhie

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Zaporozhye

1. Alternative form of Zaporizhzhia:
   1. An industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River.
   2. A raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.
   3. An oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia.
   4. (historical) A geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.

References

Encyclopedia Britannica, "Zaporizhzhya" [1].

Portuguese

Proper noun

Zaporozhye ?

1. alternative form of Zaporíjia:
   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. (historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)