Khmilnyk
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Хмільник.
English name
Khmilnyk — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.
Other forms in use:
- Khmelnik — Russian-based English form.
- Chmielnik — Polish historical name used in accounts of Podillia; ambiguous with the Polish town of that name.
- Khmil’nyk — Ukrainian transliteration marking the medial soft sign.
- Hmìlʹnik — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- Хмільник — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Khmilnyk — Same spelling as in English; selected for current French use, without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.
Other forms in use:
- Khmelnik — Russian-based French geographical form.
- Chmielnik — Historical Polish form in French writing about Podillia.
About
Khmilnyk is a spa town in Vinnytsia Oblast on the Southern Buh. It is known for mineral-water treatments and for a castle and palace complex overlooking the river.
Notes
Not Chmielnik in Poland. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1011310 · JSON
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