Elamur LocationsShchuchyn
A settlement in Belarus; local name Шчучын.
English name
Shchuchyn — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.
Other forms in use:
- Ščučyn — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012.
- Shchuchin — Russian-based spelling used in English maps and records.
- Szczuczyn — Polish historical name, ambiguous with the present Polish town of that name.
- Szczuczyn Nowogródzki — Polish historical distinguishing name for this Belarusian town.
- Szczuczyn Nowogrodzki — Unaccented version of the Polish distinguishing name.
- Шчучын — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.
French name
Chtchoutchyn — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Chtchoutchine — Russian-mediated French reference form.
- Szczuczyn — Polish historical form used in French accounts of the former Commonwealth.
- Szczuczyn Nowogródzki — Polish distinguishing form in French bibliographical work.
- Ščučyn — Belarusian Latin spelling retained in French reference tables.
About
Shchuchyn is a town in Hrodna Region in western Belarus. Its palace and Piarist church complex reflect its connections with the aristocratic and educational history of the region.
Notes
Not Szczuczyn in modern 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 Q431779 · JSON
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