zaporizhzhia
zaporizhzhia Lexical Profile
• noun
A major industrial city in southeastern Ukraine, located on the banks of the Dnieper River, historically celebrated as the ancestral home of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
An administrative region (oblast) in southeastern Ukraine, of which the city of Zaporizhzhia serves as the capital.
"Vast agricultural fields stretch across the fertile plains of the Zaporizhzhia region."
Word Nuance & Usage
In modern English usage, the Ukrainian transliteration 'Zaporizhzhia' is the standard preferred spelling, having largely replaced the older Russian-based transliteration 'Zaporozhye'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian Запоріжжя (Zaporizhzhia), which literally translates to 'beyond the rapids'. The name historically refers to the area past the Dnieper River rapids, which were later submerged by the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the 1930s.
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