Elamur LocationsBrody
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Броди.
English name
Brody — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.
Other forms in use:
- Brod — Yiddish historical name used in Jewish history and genealogy.
- Brodi — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- Броди — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
French name
Brody — Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.
Other forms in use:
- Brod — Yiddish historical form, relevant to French Jewish historical sources.
About
Brody is a town in Lviv Oblast on the edge of the historical region of Galicia. Its synagogue ruins and former fortress recall its history as a trading centre with a large Jewish community.
Notes
Brody is spelled the same way in Polish and in the Ukrainian national romanization. The shared form is not a second name. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .
Identifiers: Wikidata Q465104 · JSON
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