Elamur LocationsKamchyk
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Камчик.
English name
Kamchyk — Current official name restored in 2024; Ukrainian national romanization (2010) gives Kamchyk. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Kamchik — Historical/international spelling using i for Cyrillic и; also a Bulgarian-based romanization, not the Ukrainian national form.
- Camcic — Romanian historical spelling used in regional references; independent English frequency unverified.
- Zoria — Former official Ukrainian name, replaced by restored Kamchyk in September 2024.
- Zarya — Russian spelling of the former name; replaced in Ukrainian law in 2024.
- Kamtchyk — French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym.
- Kamčik — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified.
- Камчик — Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
French name
Kamtchyk — Current French locality heading Kamtchyk uses tch; the historical Zoria is an alternative after the 2024 renaming.
Other forms in use:
- Zoria — Former Ukrainian name, replaced in 2024; historical French source-matching form, independent prose frequency unverified.
- Camcic — Romanian historical form for French Bessarabian source matching; French prose frequency unverified.
- Kamchyk — International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified.
- Kamčik — ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage.
About
Kamchyk is a village in the Sarata area of Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. It was founded by Bulgarian settlers, and its historical name was restored in 2024.
Notes
Historical Kamchyk restored from Zoria by resolution 3984-IX adopted 19 September 2024. English naming-data label Kamchіk contains a Cyrillic і amid Latin letters; rejected as mixed-script data corruption, not invented as a separate exonym. French heading Kamtchyk verified. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-IX ; https://uinp.gov.ua/index.php/dekomunizaciya-ta-reabilitaciya/ekspertna-komisiya-uinp/fahovi-vysnovky-ekspertnoyi-komisiyi/selo-zorya-bilgorod-dnistrovskogo-rayonu-odeskoyi-oblasti Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4187759 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamtchyk ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Камчик ; https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamczyk ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camcic,_Cetatea_Albă ; https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamčykas.
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