Elamur LocationsVulcănești
A settlement in Moldova.
English name
Vulcănești — Current official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Vulcăneşti — Legacy Romanian typography with cedilla ş.
- Vulkaneshty — Russian-based English form from Вулканешты.
- Valkaneş — Local Gagauz Latin name, used when discussing the town’s Gagauz population and institutions.
- Valkanes — Diacritic-free rendering of the Gagauz name.
- Vulcanesti — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Vulcănești for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
French name
Vulcănești — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Vulcăneşti — Legacy Romanian typography appearing in French sources.
- Valkaneş — Gagauz name given in French reference material.
- Vulcanesti — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Vulcănești for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
- Valkanes — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Valkaneş for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
About
Vulcănești is a town in the southern exclave of Gagauzia in Moldova. It lies on the Cahul River and is a centre of Gagauz culture near the Ukrainian border.
Notes
The town lies in Gagauzia’s southern exclave; distinguish it from the separate railway-station village administered with it. The Romanian and Gagauz forms have different orthographies.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1012868 · JSON
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