Elamur LocationsKaniv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Канів.
English name
Kaniv — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.
Other forms in use:
- Kanev — Russian-based historical English name.
- Kaniów — Polish historical form used in English accounts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- Kaniow — Unaccented form of the Polish historical name.
- Kanìv — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- Канів — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
French name
Kaniv — Same as in English; Kaniv is used in French reference writing, while older Russian-mediated sources use Kaniev.
Other forms in use:
- Kaniev — Russian-based French geographical form.
- Kanev — International Russian-based spelling.
- Kaniów — Polish historical form used in discussions of the 1787 meeting with Catherine II.
About
Kaniv is a town on the Dnipro in Cherkasy Oblast. Taras Shevchenko’s grave on a hill above the river makes it an important place of Ukrainian remembrance.
Notes
French alternatives: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaniv . Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .
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