Zaporizhzhia

//ˌzɑːpəˈɹiːʒi.ə// name

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  1. 1
    An industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River.

    "The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge."

  2. 2
    A raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.
  3. 3
    An oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia. Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia.
  4. 4
    A geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. historical
  5. 5
    A village in Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
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  1. 6
    A village in Borzna Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
  2. 7
    A village in Mahdalynivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  3. 8
    A village in Petropavlivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  4. 9
    A village in Piatykhatky Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  5. 10
    A village in Shyroke Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  6. 11
    A village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  7. 12
    A village in Velyka Novosilka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  8. 13
    A village in Velyka Lepetykha Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
  9. 14
    A village in Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
  10. 15
    A village in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
  11. 16
    A village in Pology Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.
  12. 17
    A village in Vesele Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.

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"Putin is preparing a false-flag attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant for next Wednesday."

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).

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