Kalinkavichy

A settlement in Belarus; local name Калінкавічы.

English name

Kalinkavichy — Belarusian-based English form, consistent with BGN/PCGN 1979 usage.

Other forms in use:

Kalinkavičy — Belarusian national 2007 geographical romanization, recommended by the UN in 2012; not a claim of unchanged domestic policy after 2023.
Kalinkovichi — Russian-based form, common in older English maps and railway histories.
Kalinkowicze — Polish historical name, used in historical and family records.
Калінкавічы — Belarusian Cyrillic spelling.
Калинковичи — Russian Cyrillic spelling.

Kalinkavitchy — French transcription uses tch for ч; attested French reference form alongside Russian-based Kalinkovitchi.

Other forms in use:

Kalinkavichy — English-style Belarusian transcription reproduced in some French references.
Kalinkavičy — Belarusian Latin form reproduced in French geographical reference tables; same dated system as in English.
Kalinkovitchi — Russian-based French transcription, used in older references.
Kalinkowicze — Polish historical spelling, retained when French texts cite Polish sources.

Kalinkavichy is a town in Gomel Region in southeastern Belarus, near Mazyr. It developed into an important railway junction in the Pripyat lowlands.

Local name is Belarusian, replacing the Ukrainian exonym in the input. Kalinkavichy is the conventional BGN/PCGN 1979 spelling.