Запоріжжя

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Morphologically за- (za-, postessive prefix) +‎ порі́г- (poríh-, stem of accusative поро́ги m inan pl (poróhy, “the Rapids”)) +‎ -жя n inan sg (-žja, suffix). Compare Надпорі́жжя (Nadporížžja) and Припорі́жжя (Pryporížžja).

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Proper noun

Запорі́жжя • (Zaporížžja) n inan (genitive Запорі́жжя, uncountable, relational adjective запорі́зький or запоро́зький)

  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. (colloquial) Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia; in full, Запорі́зька о́бласть (Zaporízʹka óblastʹ, “Zaporizhzhia Oblast”))
  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)
  5. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine)
  6. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Borzna Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine)
  7. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Mahdalynivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
  8. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Petropavlivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
  9. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Piatykhatky Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
  10. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Shyroke Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
  11. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)
  12. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Velyka Novosilka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)
  13. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Velyka Lepetykha Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)
  14. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)
  15. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine)
  16. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Pology Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)
  17. Zaporizhzhia (a village in Vesele Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Запорі́жжя
(inan sg-only neut in -ja accent-a)
singular
nominative Запорі́жжя
Zaporížžja
genitive Запорі́жжя
Zaporížžja
dative Запорі́жжю
Zaporížžju
accusative Запорі́жжя
Zaporížžja
instrumental Запорі́жжям
Zaporížžjam
locative Запорі́жжі
Zaporížži
vocative Запорі́жжя
Zaporížžja

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