Za·po·rizh·zhya 
(zä′pō-rēzhzhyä) or Za·po·ro·zhe (-rōzhĕ) Formerly A·lek·san·drovsk (ăl′ĭk-săndrəfsk, ə-lĭk-sän-)
(zä′pō-rēzhzhyä) or Za·po·ro·zhe (-rōzhĕ) Formerly A·lek·san·drovsk (ăl′ĭk-săndrəfsk, ə-lĭk-sän-) A city of southern Ukraine west of Donets'k. It was founded in 1770 on the site of a Cossack camp.