Zaporizhzhia (region)
Zaporizhzhia
Запоріжжя | |
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Khortytsia Island in Zaporizhzhia Rocks of MODR nature reserve Kropyvnytskyi town center | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Etymology: Beyond the Dnieper's rapids | |
Zaporizhzhia (yellow) in modern Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′N 34°43′E / 48.39°N 34.71°E | |
| Countries | Ukraine |
| Regions | Eastern Ukraine Southern Ukraine |
| Capital | Zaporizhian Sich |
| Largest city | Dnipro |
| Parts | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Rostov Oblast |
Zaporizhzhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, pronounced [zɐpoˈr⁽ʲ⁾iʒːɐ] ⓘ) or Zaporozhzhia (Ukrainian: Запорожжя) is a historical region in south-central and eastern Ukraine below the Dnieper rapids (Ukrainian: Дніпрові пороги, romanized: Dniprovi porohy), hence the name, lit. "[territory] beyond the rapids".
From the 16th to the 18th centuries the Zaporizhzhia region functioned as semi-independent quasi-republican Cossack territory centred on the Zaporozhian Sich. Sometimes the region is referred to as Zaporozhian Sich as well. Zaporizhzhia corresponds to modern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, major parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kirovohrad Oblasts, as well as parts of Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine.