Elamur LocationsKushuhum
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кушугум.
English name
Kushuhum — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Kushugum — Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Velyka Katerynivka — Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Kushuhum in 1938; national romanization (2010) applied retrospectively.
- Kouchouhoum — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym.
- Kušugum — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- Кушугум — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.
French name
Kouchouhoum — French reference heading uses ou for у and h for Ukrainian г; Russian-based Kouchougoum also occurs.
Other forms in use:
- Kouchougoum — Russian-based French form explicitly quoted alongside Kouchouhoum.
- Velyka Katerynivka — Pre-1938 name for French historical matching; no separate established French adaptation verified.
- Kushuhum — International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above.
About
Kushuhum is a settlement south of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. It lies near the Dnipro and gives its name to the local territorial community.
Notes
Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushuhum ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouchouhoum.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2022870 · JSON
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