Elamur LocationsHorodyshche
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Городище.
English name
Horodyshche — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical. The ALA-LC 2011 result is identical.
Other forms in use:
- Gorodishche — Russian-based English spelling of Городище.
- Gorodichtche — French transcription of the Russian name.
- Horodyszcze — Polish historical spelling used in English genealogical and borderland material.
- Gorodiŝe — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- Городище — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.
French name
Horodychtche — French reference spelling, using chtch for the Ukrainian consonant written shch in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.
Other forms in use:
- Gorodichtche — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French reference entry.
- Horodyszcze — Polish historical search form; French prose frequency is unverified.
- Horodyshche — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.
About
Horodyshche is a town on the Vilshanka River west of Cherkasy in central Ukraine. It is the birthplace of the singer and composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.
Notes
This record is for Horodyshche in Cherkasy Oblast, not the many villages with the same name.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q219869 · JSON
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