Dondușeni

A settlement in Moldova.

English name

Dondușeni — Official Romanian Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

• Donduşeni — Legacy Romanian typography with cedilla ş rather than comma-below ș.
• Dondyushany — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
• Dondoșani-Gară — Former station-settlement name recorded for the 1930 census; exact replacement year unverified.
• Donduseni — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondușeni for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
• Dondosani-Gara — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondoșani-Gară for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

French name

Dondușeni — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.

Other forms in use:

• Donduşeni — Legacy cedilla typography used in older French-language Romanian-name references; current Romanian spelling uses ș.
• Dondoșani-Gară — Earlier station-settlement name explicitly printed in French history for the 1930 census.
• Donduseni — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondușeni for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
• Dondosani-Gara — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondoșani-Gară for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

About

Dondușeni is a town in northern Moldova and the seat of its namesake district. The modern town developed around a railway station, which is reflected in its earlier name Dondoșani-Gară.

Notes

Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dondușeni ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dondușeni.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q1901003 · JSON

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