Chuhuiv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Чугуїв.
English name
Chuhuiv — 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:
- Chuguev — Traditional Russian-based English form.
- Chuguyev — BGN/PCGN 1947-style romanization of Russian Чугуев.
- Chuhuyiv — Ukrainian-based spelling retaining yi inside the word.
- Čuguïv — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- Чугуїв — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Tchouhouïv — 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:
- Chuhuiv — International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice.
- Tchougouïev — Traditional Russian-based French name.
- Tchouhouiv — French transcription without the diaeresis.
About
Chuhuiv is a city in Kharkiv Oblast on the Siverskyi Donets. It is the birthplace of the painter Ilya Repin and has a long history as a military settlement.
Notes
The Ukrainian and Russian forms differ in both the medial consonant and the ending. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q889618 · JSON
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