Elamur LocationsMarinka
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Мар'їнка.
English name
Marinka — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Maryinka — Widely used Russian-based English spelling, also resembling older Ukrainian transcription.
- Marynka — Simplified English press spelling.
- Mar'inka — English spelling preserving the Ukrainian apostrophe; not the national 2010 form.
- Marïnka — French spelling, useful when an English text cites French maps, titles or historical sources; not the selected English main form.
- Mar”yinka — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified.
- Мар'їнка — Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English.
French name
Marïnka — Attested French reference spelling; the adaptation follows French transcription conventions rather than English spelling.
Other forms in use:
- Marinka — Russian-derived form explicitly recorded in French references.
- Mariinka — Alternative indexed French spelling, without the diaeresis; not the strict Ukrainian national form.
- Maryinka — International spelling used in French news reporting; French publications do not use one uniform form.
About
Marinka is a city west of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Fighting during Russia's war against Ukraine has devastated its buildings and displaced its community.
Notes
Input Q2494365 correctly identifies the Ukrainian city. The unqualified English Marinka page can lead to a disambiguation item; do not replace the city ID with Q1097023. No current population or military-control claim is made. System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marïnka. Some reference requests failed during research; surviving checks and unresolved usage limitations are distinguished above.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2494365 · JSON
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