Liubymivka
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Любимівка.
English name
Liubymivka — Ukrainian historical name restored in 2016, in the national romanization of 2010.
Other forms in use:
- Lyubymivka — Older Ukrainian-based spelling using yu for ю. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Dzerzhynskyi — Former Ukrainian Soviet name, replaced by Liubymivka in 2016.
- Dzerzhinsky — Russian-based spelling of the former name, still used in occupation-era sources.
- Dzerzhinskiy — Alternative romanization of the Russian former name.
- Lioubymivka — French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym.
- Lûbimìvka — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Li͡ubymivka — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Любимівка — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.
French name
Lioubymivka — French reference spelling of the restored 2016 name, with ou for у; former-name Dzerjinskiï remains useful in French historical searches.
Other forms in use:
- Dzerjinskiï — French transcription of the Russian former name, replaced by Liubymivka in Ukrainian law in 2016.
- Dzerzhynskyi — Former Ukrainian name in international romanization, useful for matching French citations dated before the 2016 change.
- Liubymivka — International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above.
- Dzerjinskii — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Dzerjinskiï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Liubymivka is a settlement near Rovenky in Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast. It belongs to the coal-mining landscape of the Donbas and was formerly named after Felix Dzerzhinsky.
Notes
Historical name Liubymivka restored under Ukrainian resolution 1351-VIII of 12 May 2016, replacing Dzerzhynskyi. French Lioubymivka is separately attested. The former name persists in occupation-era sources. https://land.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%A0%D0%A3_28_8.pdf Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liubymivka,_Rovenky_Raion,_Luhansk_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lioubymivka.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q4160807 · JSON
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