Elamur LocationsKapyl
A settlement in Belarus; local name Капыль.
English name
Kapyl — Conventional Belarusian-based English form; the 2007 national geographical romanization is listed separately where it differs.
Other forms in use:
- Kopyl — Russian-based form used in English geographical and historical references.
- Kapyĺ — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023.
- Kopyl’ — Russian-based form retaining the final soft sign.
- Kopyl' — Plain-apostrophe typography of Kopyl’.
- Капыль — Original Belarusian spelling for matching local source titles and addresses cited in English.
- Копыль — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.
French name
Kapyl — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Kopyl — Russian-derived spelling explicitly given alongside Kapyl in French reference material.
- Kapyl' — Soft-sign spelling quoted as a Belarusian Latin form in the French reference entry.
About
Kapyl is a town southwest of Minsk in central Belarus. It is associated with the Belarusian writer Tsishka Hartny and preserves a local history museum.
Notes
The Belarusian 2007 geographical system is identified by date; no claim that it remains the unchanged domestic standard after 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapyl ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapyl.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q200950 · JSON
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