Elamur LocationsLubny
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Лубни.
English name
Lubny — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.
Other forms in use:
- Lubni — Historical Ukrainian variant Лубні in Latin transcription, also found in older foreign references; not simply the Russian spelling, which is Лубны. ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- Łubnie — Polish historical name, encountered in English discussions of the Commonwealth and Jewish history.
- Luben — Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish historical and family sources; transcription varies.
- Лубни — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.
French name
Loubny — Conventional French transcription uses ou for Ukrainian у; attested French geographical name.
Other forms in use:
- Lubny — Same official Latin form as in English; retained by French sources using Ukrainian romanization.
- Łubnie — Polish historical form, useful in French references to Polish sources.
About
Lubny is a city in Poltava Oblast above the Sula River. It has an old Cossack and trading history, while the Mharsky monastery stands nearby.
Notes
Input Wikidata Q4267774 identifies Lubny railway station, not the city. Corrected to the city Q269517 after checking the city article’s Wikidata link. The source coordinates lie in the city vicinity; the source TSV is unchanged.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q269517 · JSON
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