Elamur LocationsSvislach
A settlement in Belarus; local name Свіслач.
English name
Svislach — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.
Other forms in use:
- Svislač — Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023.
- Śvislač — Alternative Belarusian Latin spelling indexed in English naming data.
- Svisloch — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Świsłocz — Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified.
- Svislatch — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- Свіслач — Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
- Svislac — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Śvislač for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Swislocz — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Świsłocz for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
French name
Svislatch — French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.
Other forms in use:
- Svislotch — Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name.
- Svisłač — Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in the French introduction.
- Świsłocz — Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference.
- Svislach — International English reference spelling for cross-references in French; prose frequency unverified.
- Svislac — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Svisłač for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- Swislocz — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Świsłocz for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
About
Svislach is a small town in western Belarus near the Polish border. It serves as a district centre and has a Jewish heritage largely destroyed during the Holocaust.
Notes
National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076109 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svislach ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svislatch_(ville).
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1076109 · JSON
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