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Name Zaporizhzhya
Type Political Subdivision & Other
Usage Ukrainian
Scripts Запоріжжя(Ukrainian)
Other Forms FormsZaporozhye (Russian), Zaporizhzhia
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Meaning & History
Means "beyond the rapids", referring to river Dnipro. From Ukrainian за (za) "beyond, behind" and поріг (porih) "rapid (noun)" or пороги (porohy) "rapids" with two-consonant noun suffix found in other words such as “життя (zhyttya)”. Zaporizhzhya is a city in Ukraine as well as English name for oblast, called Запорізька область (Zaporiz'ka oblast) in Ukrainian.