Elamur LocationsZhytkavichy
A settlement in Belarus; local name Жыткавічы.
English name
Zhytkavichy — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.
Other forms in use:
- Žytkavičy — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012.
- Zhitkovichi — Russian-based spelling in English maps and records.
- Żytkowicze — Polish historical name in accounts of Polesia.
- Zytkowicze — Diacritic-free Polish historical name.
- Жыткавічы — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.
French name
Jytkavitchy — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Jitkovitchi — Russian-mediated French spelling in older geography.
- Żytkowicze — Polish historical form retained in French accounts of Polesia.
- Žytkavičy — Belarusian Latin name in French geographical reference tables.
About
Zhytkavichy is a town in Homiel Region in southern Belarus. It is a railway centre in Polesia, near the wetland landscapes of the Pripyat basin.
Notes
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 Q955564 · JSON
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