Bykhaw

A settlement in Belarus; local name Быхаў.

English name

Bykhaw — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, following BGN/PCGN 1979 conventions.

Other forms in use:

• Bychaŭ — Belarusian national geographical system of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; not a claim about domestic rules after 2023.
• Bychau — Diacritic-free form of Bychaŭ.
• Bykhov — Russian-based name widely used in English historical geography.
• Bychów — Polish historical name used in accounts of the Commonwealth.
• Bychow — Unaccented Polish historical spelling.
• Быхаў — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.

French name

Bykhaw — Same as in English; Bykhaw is also the heading in French geographical reference usage.

Other forms in use:

• Bykhov — Russian-based French reference variant, alongside Belarusian-based Bykhaw.
• Bychów — Polish historical spelling used in French studies of the former Commonwealth.
• Bychow — Unaccented form of the Polish historical name.

About

Bykhaw is a town in Mahilyow Region on the Dnieper River. Remains of a fortified residence and a substantial former synagogue reflect its history as a defended trading settlement.

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 Q954948 · JSON

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