Elamur LocationsKremenets
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кременець.
English name
Kremenets — 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:
- Kremenetsʹ — Ukrainian transliteration marking the final soft sign.
- Kremenets' — Plain-apostrophe version of the soft-sign-marked form.
- Krzemieniec — Polish historical name well established in English histories of Volhynia.
- Kremenez — German historical spelling.
- Kremnitz — Jewish historical spelling used in genealogical accounts.
- Kremenecʹ — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- Кременець — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
- Kremenets’ — BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form.
- Kremenet͡sʹ — ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym.
French name
Kremenets — Same as in English; French geographical references use Kremenets, while historical discussions may retain Polish Krzemieniec.
Other forms in use:
- Krzemieniec — Polish historical name used in French accounts of the lyceum and Polish literary history.
- Kremnitz — Jewish historical name quoted in French references.
- Kremenetz — Older French and international historical spelling.
About
Kremenets is a town in Ternopil Oblast beneath a ridge of wooded hills. Castle ruins above the centre and its former lyceum reflect its importance in Volhynian history.
Notes
Do not confuse with Kremnica in Slovakia, also historically called Kremnitz. Polish spelling checked against https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/documents/History/Kremenets-History-Doctor-2001.pdf . 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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