Elamur LocationsDokshytsy
A settlement in Belarus; local name Докшыцы.
English name
Dokshytsy — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived names and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.
Other forms in use:
- Dokshitsy — Russian-based English reference name from Докшицы.
- Dokšycy — Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without claiming these remained the domestic rules after 2023.
- Dokszyce — Polish historical name quoted in English regional and genealogical references.
- Dokshits — Jewish-community name recorded in English historical or genealogical references.
- Dokshitz — Jewish historical spelling indexed in English naming data.
- Dokshitse — Historical Latin variant indexed in English naming data; precise source-language attribution uncertain.
- Dokšicy — Historical Latin variant indexed in English naming data; source-language attribution uncertain.
- Dugscitz — Historical spelling indexed in English naming data; medium certainty, not a regular modern romanization.
- Dokchytsy — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- Докшыцы — Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
- Doksicy — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dokšicy for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
French name
Dokchytsy — French heading uses ch for ш; Russian-derived Dokchitsy is separately printed.
Other forms in use:
- Dokchitsy — Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching.
- Dokšycy — Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in the French introduction.
- Dokszyce — Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French locality references.
- Dokshytsy — International spelling for cross-references in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified.
- Doksycy — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dokšycy for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
About
Dokshytsy is a town in Belarus's Vitebsk Region near the upper Berezina. It has a long history within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and interwar Poland, and its Jewish community was devastated in the Holocaust.
Notes
Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokshytsy ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokchytsy.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q954618 · JSON
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