zaporizhia

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Definition von zaporizhia im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The region “beyond the rapids” in the lower reach of the river Dnieper in Ukraine, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

An industrial city on the Dnieper river of south-central Ukraine, administrative centre of Zaporizhia province

Zaporizhia province (oblast), in south-eastern Ukraine

Synonyme

zaporozhe, zaporozhye, zaporozhie, aleksandrovsk, aleksandrovs’k, alexandrovsk, zaporizhia oblast, zaporizhzhia oblast, zaporizhzhya oblast

Etymologie

() From the historical region of the same name, Ukrainian Запоріжжя (Zaporížžja, “place beyond the rapids”), from за (za, “beyond”) + пороги (poróhy, “rapids”), plural of поріг (poríh, “river rapid, threshold”). Compare Russian Запорожье (Zaporóž’e).