Bohorodchany
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Богородчани.
English name
Bohorodchany — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Bogorodchany — Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming.
- Bohorodczany — Polish historical or regional name quoted in English accounts of the place.
- Podhorochany — Older name explicitly recorded in English historical reference text.
- Bohorodtchany — French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym.
- Bogorodčani — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Богородчани — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.
French name
Bohorodtchany — Attested French geographical reference spelling; follows French transcription conventions.
Other forms in use:
- Bogorodtchany — Russian-derived French name explicitly given in references.
- Bohorodczany — Polish historical name used in French regional references or quoted Polish sources.
- Bohorodchany — International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above.
About
Bohorodchany is a settlement southwest of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine. It lies on the Bystrytsia Solotvynska River at the edge of the Carpathian foothills.
Notes
Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohorodchany ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohorodtchany.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q639830 · JSON
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