Elamur LocationsLoyew
A settlement in Belarus; local name Лоеў.
English name
Loyew — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.
Other forms in use:
- Loyev — Alternative English spelling explicitly used in English prose.
- Loev — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Lojeŭ — Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023.
- Łojów — Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified.
- Loyewa Hara — Earlier expanded Belarusian name quoted in English history; means Loyew Hill.
- Loïew — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- Лоеў — Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
- Lojow — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łojów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Loiew — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Loïew for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
French name
Loïew — French locality heading uses ï for the vowel sequence and w for Belarusian ў; Russian-based Loïev is also printed.
Other forms in use:
- Loïev — Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name.
- Łojeŭ — Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in the French introduction.
- Lojeŭ — National-system spelling indexed in French naming data; distinct from the adapted French heading Loïew.
- Loyew — International English reference spelling for cross-references in French; prose frequency unverified.
- Loiew — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Loïew for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Loiev — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Loïev for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Lojeu — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łojeŭ for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
About
Loyew is a small town in southeastern Belarus where the Sozh meets the Dnieper. Its riverside position made it a strategic locality, including during the seventeenth-century Cossack wars.
Notes
National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyew ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loïew.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2494413 · JSON
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