Buryn
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Буринь.
English name
Buryn — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Burynʹ — Romanization retaining the final Ukrainian soft sign; geographical name indexes may preserve this distinction. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Bouryn — French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym.
- Buryn’ — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Burinʹ — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Буринь — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.
French name
Bouryn — Attested French geographical reference spelling; follows French transcription conventions.
Other forms in use:
- Buryn — International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above.
About
Buryn is a small city in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. It stands on the Chasha River and grew as a local trading and railway centre.
Notes
Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouryn.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q591812 · JSON
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