Elamur LocationsOkhtyrka
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Охтирка.
English name
Okhtyrka — 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:
- Akhtyrka — Established Russian-based form, common in older English historical and geographical works.
- Ohtyrka — Simplified Latin transcription dropping the k in kh; not the national 2010 spelling.
- Ohtirka — 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.
- Охтирка — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.
French name
Okhtyrka — Same Ukrainian-based form as in English; French sources also preserve the older Akhtyrka. Ukrainian-based form also used in French references.
Other forms in use:
- Akhtyrka — Older Russian-based name familiar in French historical and geographical sources.
About
Okhtyrka is a city in Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine, near the Vorskla River. It has a Cossack regimental past and a later role in the region’s oil industry.
Notes
The city is near the Vorskla; the smaller local watercourse also bears the name Okhtyrka.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1013471 · JSON
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