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zaporizhzhia

/ˌzɑː.pəˈɹiːʒi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Zapo-rizh-zhia
IPA
/ˌzɑː.pəˈɹiːʒi.ə/
47
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.

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A raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.

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An oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.

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A geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.

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Numerous villages in Ukraine:

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Numerous villages in Ukraine:

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Numerous villages in Ukraine:

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Numerous villages in Ukraine:

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the historical region of the same name, Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja, “place beyond the rapids”), from за (za, “beyond”) + поро́ги (poróhy, “rapids”), plural of порі́г (poríh, “river rapid, threshold”). Compare Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Запорі́жжя

Inflected Forms

Zaporizhzhya (alternative) Zaporizhia (alternative) Zaporizhya (alternative) Zaporozhe (alternative) Zaporozhye (alternative) Zaporozhie (alternative)

Derived Forms

Zaporizhzhian

Phrases

Nove Zaporizhzhia Zaporozhian Cossacks

Frequently Paired Words

Nove Zaporizhzhia Zaporozhets Zaporozhian Zaporozhian Cossacks

Synonyms

Alexandrovsk Olexandrivsk

Homonyms

zaporizhia

Questions

How do you pronounce zaporizhzhia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌzɑː.pəˈɹiːʒi.ə/.
What does zaporizhzhia mean?
An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro.
Where does zaporizhzhia come from?
From the historical region of the same name, Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja, “place beyond the rapids”), from за (za, “beyond”) + поро́ги (poróhy, “rapids”), plural of порі́г (poríh, “river rapid, threshold”). Compare Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).

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