Irshava
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Іршава.
English name
Irshava — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Ilosva — Hungarian historical name quoted in English accounts of Transcarpathia.
- Irchava — French spelling, useful when an English text cites French maps, titles or historical sources; not the selected English main form.
- Ìršava — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified.
- Іршава — Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English.
French name
Irchava — Attested French reference spelling; the adaptation follows French transcription conventions rather than English spelling.
Other forms in use:
- Ilosva — Hungarian historical name quoted in French Transcarpathian references.
- Iršava — Slovak spelling explicitly quoted in French references.
- Irshava — International spelling also useful for French source matching; the selected French main follows French reference transcription.
- Irsava — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Iršava for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Irshava is a small city in Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast. It stands on the Irshava River in the foothills of the Carpathians.
Notes
System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irshava ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irchava.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q146474 · JSON
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