Zaporozhye

[ zah-puh-rawzh-yuh; Russian zuh-puh-raw-zhye ]

noun
  1. the Russian name of Zaporizhzhia.

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Zaporozhye

/ (Russian zəpaˈrɔʒjɛ) /


noun
  1. a city in E Ukraine on the Dnieper River: developed as a major industrial centre after the construction (1932) of the Dnieper hydroelectric station. Pop: 798 000 (2005 est): Former name (until 1921): Aleksandrovsk

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