Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern Ukraine west of Donets'k. It was founded in 1770 on the site of a Cossack camp.

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  • (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr) note: names in parentheses are administrative centers when name differs from oblast 'name

    The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr) note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in parentheses

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr); note - when using a place name with an adjectival ending 's'ka' or 'z'ka,' the word Oblast 'should be added to the place name note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in parentheses

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Volyn '(Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Volyn '(Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr) note: names in parentheses are administrative centers when name differs from oblast 'name

    The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • (Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • "We have no money, we have no time and we have no power," said Yana Brenzey, 19, a journalism student from Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine.

    unknown title 2011

  • "We have no money, we have no time and we have no power," said Yana Brenzey, a 19-year-old journalism student from Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine.

    unknown title 2011

  • The press service of the President of Ukraine reports that V. Yanukovych said this in an interview to journalists during the visit to "Khortytsia" national reserve in Zaporizhzhya.

    www.kyivpost.com 2010

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