Zaporozhye

[zah-puh-rawzh-yuh, zuh-puh-raw-zhye]

noun

1. the Russian name of Zaporizhzhia.

Zaporozhye

/ zəpaˈrɔʒjɛ /

noun

1. Former name (until 1921): Aleksandrovsk. 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)

Example Sentences

Pro-separatist Vladimir Rogov lives in Ukraine’s Zaporozhye Oblast and has thrown his support to Moscow as a member of the local government.

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“In the near future the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions will be included in the 2nd time zone, to which Moscow time applies.”

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“We are confident that as a member of Russia, the Zaporozhye Region will be protected from any encroachments.”

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As the finger-pointing over the damaged nuclear power plant continues, the Moscow-installed governor of the Zaporozhye region signed an order for a referendum on whether they would become part of Russia.

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Eleven Ukrainians - one group from Dnipro and another from Zaporozhye near Mariupol - returned with him to Ballindooley Castle.

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