Elamur LocationsDrahichyn
A settlement in Belarus; local name Драгічын.
English name
Drahichyn — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.
Other forms in use:
- Drahičyn — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012.
- Drogichin — Russian-based name used in English maps.
- Drohiczyn — Polish historical name, ambiguous with the town in present-day Poland.
- Drohiczyn Poleski — Historical Polish distinguishing form identifying this Polesian town.
- Драгічын — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.
French name
Drahitchyn — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Droguitchine — Russian-mediated French transcription in older reference works.
- Drohiczyn Poleski — Polish historical name used in French writing to distinguish the town in Polesia.
- Drahičyn — Belarusian Latin spelling in French geographical reference tables.
About
Drahichyn is a town in Brest Region in the lowlands of Polesia. It is a local service and railway centre in the countryside east of Kobryn.
Notes
Not Drohiczyn on the Bug in present-day Poland. 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 Q956471 · JSON
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