Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя or Ukrainian: Запорожжя, Zaporozhia) is a historical region in central Ukraine below the Dnieper River rapids (Ukrainian: пороги porohy) - hence the name, literally "(territory) beyond the rapids".

From the 16th to the 18th centuries the Zaporizhia region functioned as semi-independent quasi-republican Cossack territory centred on the Zaporizhian Sich.
Sometimes the region is referred to as Zaporizhian Sich as well.
Zaporizhia corresponds to modern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, major parts of Zaporizhia and Kirovohrad Oblasts, as well as parts of Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine.
Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя or Ukrainian: Запорожжя, Zaporozhia) is a historical region in central Ukraine below the Dnieper River rapids (Ukrainian: пороги porohy) - hence the name, literally "(territory) beyond the rapids".
From the 16th to the 18th centuries the Zaporizhia region functioned as semi-independent quasi-republican Cossack territory centred on the Zaporizhian Sich. Sometimes the region is referred to as Zaporizhian Sich as well. Zaporizhia corresponds to modern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, major parts of Zaporizhia and Kirovohrad Oblasts, as well as parts of Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine.
Zaporizhia (region)