Elamur LocationsYelsk
A settlement in Belarus; local name Ельск.
English name
Yelsk — Conventional English reference form based on Belarusian; dated national geographical romanization is listed separately where different.
Other forms in use:
- Jelsk — Polish and diacritic-free Belarusian form used in historical references.
- Jeĺsk — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023.
- Ельск — Original Belarusian spelling for matching local titles quoted in English.
French name
Yelsk — Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.
Other forms in use:
- Jelsk — Polish name explicitly given in French references.
About
Yelsk is a town in the Gomel region of southern Belarus. It is a district centre in the Polesia lowlands near the Ukrainian border.
Notes
The national 2007/UN 2012 romanization is dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelsk.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q955726 · JSON
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