Elamur LocationsHenichesk
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Генічеськ.
English name
Henichesk — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Genichesk — Russian-based English name, common in Soviet-era and later reporting.
- Heniches’k — Older Ukrainian-based spelling preserving the soft sign with a curly apostrophe. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form.
- Heniches'k — ASCII apostrophe variant of the older Ukrainian transcription.
- Genìčesʹk — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- Henichesʹk — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.
French name
Henitchesk — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Guenitchesk — French-style Russian-mediated form, useful for older maps and press searches.
- Genichesk — Russian-based international form sometimes retained without French adaptation. French use is less consistent than the Ukrainian-based Henitchesk.
- Henichesk — International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system.
About
Henichesk is a port town in Kherson Oblast by the strait connecting the Syvash lagoons with the Sea of Azov. It lies close to the northern end of the Arabat Spit.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q761130 · JSON
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