Elamur LocationsKrolevets
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кролевець.
English name
Krolevets — 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:
- Krolevetsʹ — Soft-sign-marked Ukrainian romanization.
- Krolevets' — Plain-apostrophe form marking the final soft sign.
- Krolewiec — Historical Polish spelling of this town, not to be confused with Królewiec for Königsberg.
- Krolevecʹ — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- Кролевець — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
- Królewiec — Polish historical name of this Ukrainian town, also used for Königsberg in a different context. High confidence: listed in the Polish official geographical names register.
- Krolewez — German historical form listed by JewishGen for the town; retained for English genealogical and historical searches.
- Krolovets — Yiddish-derived historical spelling in English Jewish-history sources.
- Kroleviets — Older English genealogical spelling listed by JewishGen.
- Korolevets — Variant spelling in English Jewish genealogical indexes, not the selected modern name.
- Krolevec — Historical scholarly-style form listed in English Jewish genealogical references.
- Krolevets’ — BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form.
- Krolevet͡sʹ — 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
Krolevets — Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.
Other forms in use:
- Królewiec — Polish historical designation useful in French histories of the Commonwealth. This name is ambiguous with Königsberg, so the Ukrainian context is essential.
About
Krolevets is a town in Sumy Oblast in north-eastern Ukraine. It is known for a distinctive tradition of patterned woven towels.
Notes
This is Krolevets in Sumy Oblast. Polish Królewiec ordinarily refers to Königsberg/Kaliningrad, so the two should not be collapsed. Variant evidence: https://www.jewishgen.org/ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=356 ; https://www.gov.pl/attachment/6e834bae-1a81-4728-94c5-916a43eb8827 . 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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