Elamur LocationsSlutsk
A settlement in Belarus; local name Слуцк.
English name
Slutsk — Established English spelling of the current city name; Belarusian and Russian source forms are distinguished in the alternatives.
Other forms in use:
- Sluck — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012. This historical standard is distinguished from the replacement domestic instruction of 2023.
- Słuck — Polish name, used when discussing the town in Polish historical or family sources; not the current local official form.
- Слуцк — Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources.
- Sloutsk — French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form.
French name
Sloutsk — Graphie française du nom actuel de la ville ; les formes issues du biélorusse et du russe sont distinguées dans les variantes.
Other forms in use:
- Sluck — Romanisation géographique nationale biélorusse de 2007, recommandée par l’ONU en 2012 ; cette norme est distinguée de l’instruction nationale qui l’a remplacée en 2023.
- Slutsk — Romanisation biélorusse BGN/PCGN de 1979. Forme de recherche déduite de la norme ; certitude moyenne quant à l’emploi de cette graphie exacte en prose.
- Słuck — Nom polonais repris dans les travaux sur les sources historiques ou familiales polonaises ; ce n’est pas la forme officielle locale actuelle.
- Слуцк — Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales.
About
Slutsk is a city on the Sluch River in Minsk Region in Belarus. Its name is associated with the ornate woven sashes once made for the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Notes
Slutsk is shared by established Russian-based and Belarusian BGN/PCGN 1979 spellings. Sluck is the Belarusian national 2007/UN 2012 form. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q201243 · JSON
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