Zaporozhian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine. historical
"Instead, the Zaporozhians tended to concentrate on their own affairs, that is, those of a relatively small (they rarely numbered more than 10,000), isolated Cossack fraternity based in the vast, empty steppes between the Hetmanate in the north and the Crimean Khanate in the south."
- 1 Of or relating to the Zaporozhians or their culture, etc.
"Then, too, towards the middle of the eighteenth century both the Russian government and the Zaporozhian nobility began to use all means to attract settlers to the Southern Ukraine."
Example
More examples"Instead, the Zaporozhians tended to concentrate on their own affairs, that is, those of a relatively small (they rarely numbered more than 10,000), isolated Cossack fraternity based in the vast, empty steppes between the Hetmanate in the north and the Crimean Khanate in the south."
Etymology
Ultimately from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje, “place beyond the rapids”) or a related term; compare Zaporizhian, Zaporizhzhia.
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