Zaporizhzhia

American  

[zah-puh-reezh-yuh, zah-poh-ree-zhyah] / ˌzɑ pəˈriʒ yə, zɑ poʊˈri ʒyɑ /

Or Zaporizhia

1. a city in southeastern Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.

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Example Sentences

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—When Elon Musk flipped the off switch on Russian forces’ Starlink internet connections in February, Ukraine’s military went on the offensive.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the first weeks of Russia’s Starlink outage, Ukraine was able to push the Russians back from the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital, sparing the city from assaults from most artillery.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then, in the Zaporizhzhia region, workshops where enemy devices were dismantled, their entrails methodically examined, their secrets extracted piece by piece.

From The Wall Street Journal

Russia's 2022 invasion -- which saw his home town in the southern Zaporizhzhia region occupied -- has only cemented his faith in technology.

From Barron's

Fighting around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is near the front lines in the war, has knocked out external power lines to the facility numerous times, forcing it to rely on backup generators.

From The Wall Street Journal