Elamur LocationsObukhiv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Обухів.
English name
Obukhiv — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.
Other forms in use:
- Obukhov — Russian-based spelling encountered in older English maps, reporting and reference works; not the selected Ukrainian-based form.
- Obuhìv — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- Обухів — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Oboukhiv — French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.
Other forms in use:
- Obukhiv — International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice.
- Oboukhov — Russian-based French transcription, useful for older French geographical writing; not the selected Ukrainian-based form.
About
Obukhiv is a city south of Kyiv in Kyiv Oblast. It serves as a local administrative and industrial centre near the western side of the Dnipro valley.
Notes
Russian Obukhov and Ukrainian Obukhiv are language forms of the same name, not a recent legal renaming. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1011303 · JSON
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