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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).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Запорі́жжя • (Zaporížžja) n inan (genitive Запорі́жжя, uncountable, relational adjective запорі́зький or запоро́зький)
- Zaporizhzhia (historical region)
- Zaporizhzhia (a city, the administrative center of the Zaporizhzhia Region, in southeastern Ukraine)
- (colloquial) short for Запорі́зька о́бласть f inan sg (Zaporízʹka óblastʹ, “Zaporizhzhia Region”).
- Zaporizhia (a village in Mykolaivka rural hromada, Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
Declension
Declension of Запорі́жжя (inan sg-only neut in -ja accent-a)
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singular
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nominative
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Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja
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genitive
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Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja
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dative
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Запорі́жжю Zaporížžju
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accusative
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Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja
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instrumental
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Запорі́жжям Zaporížžjam
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locative
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Запорі́жжі Zaporížži
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vocative
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Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja
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