Elamur LocationsAstravyets
A settlement in Belarus; local name Астравец.
English name
Astravyets — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.
Other forms in use:
- Astraviec — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012.
- Astravets — Simplified Belarusian-based international spelling.
- Ostrovets — Russian-based spelling widely used in English nuclear-energy reporting.
- Ostrowiec — Polish historical name; requires disambiguation from towns in Poland.
- Астравец — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.
French name
Astraviets — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Ostrovets — Russian-based name commonly retained in French nuclear-energy reporting.
- Ostroviets — French rendering of the Russian name, with ie representing the vowel sequence.
- Ostrowiec — Polish historical form in French borderland histories.
About
Astravyets is a town in Hrodna Region near the Lithuanian border. The Belarusian nuclear power plant was built nearby, bringing major changes to the town and its surroundings.
Notes
Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q261024 · JSON
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