VolodymyrВолодимир(Settlement)Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Italian, Slovak Transferred use of the Ukrainian given name Volodymyr. The city in Ukraine was named for Vladimir I Sviatoslavich, the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Kiev.
VyimkaВиїмка(Settlement)Ukrainian Derived from Ukrainian виїмка (vyyimka), a shorting of виймання (vyymanya) "extraction (mining)". Vyyimka is an abandoned village in the Bakhmut Rayon, Donyetsk Oblast. It is called Выемка (Vyyemka) in Russian.
ZaporizhzhyaЗапоріжжя(Political Subdivision & Other)Ukrainian 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)”... [more]