Elamur LocationsPolohy
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Пологи.
English name
Polohy — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.
Other forms in use:
- Pologi — Russian-based spelling prominent in older English maps and reporting. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- Chubarivka — Former Ukrainian Soviet commemorative name, replaced by Polohy in 1938.
- Chubarovka — Russian-mediated version of the former name, used before 1938.
French name
Polohy — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Pologi — Russian-mediated form used in French sources alongside the Ukrainian spelling.
- Tchoubarivka — French-style rendering of the former Ukrainian name, replaced in 1938.
- Tchoubarovka — French-style rendering of the former Russian name.
About
Polohy is a town in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the Kinska River. It developed as a railway junction serving the agricultural and industrial districts of southeastern Ukraine.
Notes
This record is the town in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, not one of the villages sharing the name.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q368856 · JSON
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