Jarosław
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Jarosław — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Jaroslaw — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- Yaroslav — Ukrainian-based historical-language form used in English studies of Galicia; not the current Polish official spelling.
- Iaroslav — Older Latin rendering found in foreign-language histories; ambiguous without the Polish location.
French name
Jarosław — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Jaroslaw — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- Iaroslav — Older French historical rendering; the current Polish spelling Jarosław is preferred for the modern town.
About
Jarosław is a town above the San in Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Its merchant houses and churches reflect its former importance as a trading and fair centre.
Notes
Distinct from Yaroslavl in Russia. The source gives the Ukrainian name Ярослав, whereas the local official name is Polish Jarosław.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q721928 · JSON
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