Elamur LocationsIziaslav
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Ізяслав.
English name
Iziaslav — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Izyaslav — Older Ukrainian-based English spelling with ya for я. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form.
- Izyaslavl — Historical Russian-based expanded form used in older geographical sources.
- Zaslav — Former name, replaced by Iziaslav in 1910; common in English Jewish history.
- Zasław — Polish historical spelling used in histories and family records.
- Zaslaw — Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling.
- Zaslavl — Historical Russian-based variant; ambiguous with Zaslawye in Belarus.
- Ìzâslav — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- Izi͡aslav — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.
French name
Iziaslav — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Zaslav — Historical name used in French writing about the old Volhynian town; replaced in 1910.
- Zasław — Polish historical spelling quoted in French references.
- Zaslaw — Accent-free form of that Polish spelling.
- Izyaslav — International spelling retained in some French sources.
About
Iziaslav is a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast on the Horyn River. The ruins of the Sanguszko palace and the former Bernardine monastery recall its history as an aristocratic and religious centre.
Notes
Zaslav and related forms are ambiguous with Belarusian Zaslawye. The 1910 change predates Soviet decommunization. Reference: https://esu.com.ua/article-13873
Identifiers: Wikidata Q841029 · JSON
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