Kelmentsi
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кельменці.
English name
Kelmentsi — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Kelmentsy — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Chelmenți — Romanian historical and regional name explicitly recorded in English geographical references.
- Kel’mentsi — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Kelʹmencì — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Kelʹment͡si — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Кельменці — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
- Chelmenti — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Chelmenți for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Kelmentsi — Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.
Other forms in use:
- Chelmenți — Romanian name for French matching of Bukovinian and Bessarabian sources; independent French prose use unverified.
- Chelmenti — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Chelmenți for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Kelmentsi is a settlement in the Dniester district of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It serves a farming area close to the Moldovan border.
Notes
This is Kelmentsi in Chernivtsi Oblast, Romanian Chelmenți; no population or precise historical renaming date is inferred. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmentsi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmentsi.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1738337 · JSON
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