Kozelets
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Козелець.
English name
Kozelets — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Kozielec — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- Kozelets’ — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- Kozelecʹ — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- Kozelet͡sʹ — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- Козелець — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.
French name
Kozelets — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.
About
Kozelets is a settlement on the Oster River in Chernihiv Oblast, northeast of Kyiv. Its Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin is a major example of Ukrainian Baroque architecture.
Notes
Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozelets ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozelets.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1669868 · JSON
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