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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Ruthenian Запорожие (Zaporožije), formed as за- (za-, “forward”) + Ukrainian пороги (porohy, “rapids”) + -ие (-ie).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Запоро́жие • (Zaporóžie)
- Zaporizhia (city in central Ukraine, formal center of the Zaporozhian Sech)
- Zaporizhia (region in Ukraine)
- Запори́жя (Zaporížja) — Ukrainian pronunciation
- праг (prag, “threshold”) (cognate with the root of the East Slavic word)