Elamur LocationsKiliia
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кілія.
English name
Kiliia — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Kiliya — Older English rendering of the Ukrainian name, also produced by BGN/PCGN 1965. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form.
- Kiliya Nova — Extended historical distinguishing form meaning New Kiliya, used to distinguish it from the settlement across the Danube.
- Chilia — Romanian name used in English histories of Bessarabia and the Danube.
- Chilia Nouă — Romanian distinguishing name for the town on the Ukrainian bank, as opposed to Chilia Veche in Romania.
- Chilia Noua — Diacritic-free version of the Romanian distinguishing name.
- Kilia — Long-used international spelling, also the French reference form.
- Kìlìâ — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- Kilii͡a — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.
French name
Kilia — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Chilia — Romanian form encountered in French historical accounts of Bessarabia.
- Chilia Nouă — Romanian distinguishing form used in French Danube geography; identifies the Ukrainian-bank town.
- Chilia Noua — Accent-free version of the Romanian historical name.
- Kiliya — Older international transcription, retained in some French maps and quoted sources.
- Kiliia — International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system.
About
Kiliia is a town in Odesa Oblast on the northern arm of the Danube delta. Its position on the river gave it a long history as a trading port and a contested frontier settlement.
Notes
Chilia Veche is the separate settlement on the Romanian bank; it is not an alternative name for this town.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q889966 · JSON
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