Dolynska
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Долинська.
English name
Dolynska — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Dolyns’ka — Older Ukrainian transcription preserving the soft sign. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form.
- Dolinskaya — Russian-based name used in English maps and railway references.
- Dolinskaia — Alternative romanization of the Russian name.
- Shevchenkove — Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Dolynska in August 1944.
- Shevchenkovo — Russian-mediated form of the name used before the 1944 change.
- Kefaline — Earlier settlement name associated with the local landowner, preceding Shevchenkove.
- Kefalino — Russian-mediated spelling of the earlier settlement name.
- Dolinsʹka — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- Dolynsʹka — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.
French name
Dolynska — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Dolinskaïa — French-style Russian-mediated form in older geographical material.
- Chevtchenkove — French-style rendering of the former Ukrainian name; replaced in 1944.
- Chevtchenkovo — French-style rendering of its former Russian counterpart.
- Kefalino — Former name encountered in historical sources; not a modern French heading.
About
Dolynska is a town in Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. It grew around a railway junction linking routes toward Kryvyi Rih and Mykolaiv.
Notes
The Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine dates the change from Shevchenkove to Dolynska to August 1944; 1957 is the year of city status, not the renaming. Reference: https://esu.com.ua/article-20610
Identifiers: Wikidata Q591822 · JSON
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