Elamur LocationsSlawharad
A settlement in Belarus; local name Слаўгарад.
English name
Slawharad — Belarusian-based English reference form; Russian-based and dated national-system forms are listed separately where different.
Other forms in use:
- Slavgorod — Russian-based English form.
- Slaŭharad — Belarusian geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023.
- Prapoysk — Former Belarusian name, replaced by Slawharad in 1945.
- Propoysk — Russian-based spelling of the former name, replaced in 1945.
- Prapojsk — Alternative historical Latin spelling indexed in English naming data.
- Prupoy — Medieval recorded name quoted in English historical reference text.
- Proposhensk — Older recorded form quoted in English historical reference text.
- Propolsk — Older recorded form quoted in English historical reference text.
- Sławograd — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- Слаўгарад — Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
- Slawograd — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Sławograd for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Slawharad — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.
Other forms in use:
- Slavgorod — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in French references.
- Slaŭharad — Belarusian Latin form indexed in French naming data.
- Propoïsk — Russian-based former name in French historical text; replaced in 1945.
- Prapoïsk — Belarusian-based former name in French historical text; replaced in 1945.
- Prapochask — Older Belarusian name explicitly quoted in French historical text.
- Slauharad — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Slaŭharad for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- Propoisk — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Propoïsk for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- Prapoisk — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Prapoïsk for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Slawharad is a town near the meeting of the Pronia and Sozh rivers in eastern Belarus. It was formerly called Prapoysk and gives access to the nearby Blue Spring landmark.
Notes
Prapoysk/Propoysk renamed Slawharad/Slavgorod in 1945. French Propoïsk, Prapoïsk and Prapochask are independently recorded in French reference text. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawharad ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawharad.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q614294 · JSON
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