Markivka
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Марківка.
English name
Markivka — 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:
- Markovka — Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Markìvka — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- Марківка — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.
French name
Markivka — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.
Other forms in use:
- Markovka — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French settlement entry.
About
Markivka is a settlement in northeastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast. It lies near the Russian border in the headwater country of the Derkul River.
Notes
Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markivka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markivka.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q915662 · JSON
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