Запорожє

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn *Запорожя (*Zaporožja). By surface analysis, за- (za-) +‎ Carpathian Rusyn порог (poroh) +‎ (-je). Compare Slovak Záporožie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zapɔˈrɔʒjɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔʒjɛ
  • Hyphenation: За‧по‧рожє

Proper noun

Запорожє (Zaporožjen

  1. Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)
  2. (historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)

Declension

Declension of Запорожє (Zaporožje)
singular plural
nominative Запорожє (Zaporožje)
genitive Запорожя (Zaporožja)
dative Запорожю (Zaporožju)
accusative Запорожє (Zaporožje)
instrumental Запорожйом (Zaporožjom)
locative Запорожю (Zaporožju)
vocative Запорожє (Zaporožje)

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