Zaporozhye

[ zah-puh-rawzh-yuh; Russian zuh-puh-raw-zhye ]
/ ˌzɑ pəˈrɔʒ yə; Russian zə pʌˈrɔ ʒyɛ /

noun

a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.

QUIZZES

HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT
Also Za·po·rizh·zhya [zah-puh-reezh-yuh; Russian zuh-puh-reezh-zhye] /ˌzɑ pəˈriʒ yə; Russian zə pʌˈriʒ ʒyɛ/.
Formerly A·le·ksan·drovsk [Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh fsk] /Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drəfsk/.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for zaporozhye

Zaporozhye
/ (Russian zəpaˈrɔʒjɛ) /

noun

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012