Elamur LocationsChortkiv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Чортків.
English name
Chortkiv — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.
Other forms in use:
- Chortkov — Russian-based form found in older English references.
- Czortków — Polish historical name used in English accounts of Galicia.
- Czortkow — Polish historical spelling without the acute accent, common in genealogical sources.
- Chortkiw — Older Ukrainian-based spelling using w for в.
- Čortkìv — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- Чортків — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Tchortkiv — French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.
Other forms in use:
- Chortkiv — International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice.
- Tchortkov — Russian-based French form.
- Czortków — Polish historical name used in French writing on Galicia.
- Czortkow — Polish historical form without the acute accent.
About
Chortkiv is a town on the Seret in Ternopil Oblast. Its castle ruins, churches and former synagogues reflect the layered history of this part of Galicia.
Notes
Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q148473 · JSON
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