Elamur LocationsIlovaisk
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Іловайськ.
English name
Ilovaisk — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Ilovaysk — Older Ukrainian and Russian-mediated English spelling.
- Ilovais’k — Older Ukrainian transcription retaining the soft sign.
- Ìlovajsʹk — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use.
- Ilovays’k — BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use.
- Ilovaĭsʹk — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use.
- Іловайськ — Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.
- Ilovays'k — ASCII apostrophe version of the BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian retrieval spelling; not an additional official name.
French name
Ilovaïsk — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Ilovaisk — International spelling without the French diaeresis.
- Ilovaysk — English-style spelling retained in some French source citations.
About
Ilovaisk is a town in Donetsk Oblast whose development centred on a major railway junction. It became internationally known for the fighting and encirclement of Ukrainian forces there in 2014.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2415345 · JSON
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