Zaporozhye

American

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

noun

the Russian name of Zaporizhzhia.

Zaporozhye British

/ zəpaˈrɔʒjɛ /

noun

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)

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

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2022

Leonid Zhabotinsky, a record-breaking Ukrainian-born Soviet weight lifter who picked up Olympic gold medals in 1964 and 1968 and was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s teenage idol, died on Thursday in Zaporozhye, Ukraine.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2016

From Armenia to Zaporozhye, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest everything from air pollution to nuclear-power plants.

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