Elamur LocationsRava-Ruska
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Рава-Руська.
English name
Rava-Ruska — 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:
- Rava Ruska — Unhyphenated spelling used in English references.
- Rawa Ruska — Polish historical or regional name quoted in English accounts of the place.
- Rawa-Ruska — Hyphenated Polish historical spelling.
- Rava-Russkaya — Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming.
- Rave — Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish historical and genealogical references.
- Rava-Rouska — French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym.
- Rava-Rus’ka — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Rava-Rusʹka — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Рава-Руська — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.
French name
Rava-Rouska — Established French spelling, particularly in accounts and memorials of the Rava-Rouska prisoner-of-war camp; ou represents у.
Other forms in use:
- Rava Rouska — Unhyphenated French spelling indexed in references.
- Rava Ruska — International spelling without French ou, indexed in French references.
- Rawa Ruska — Polish name quoted in French accounts of the wartime prisoner-of-war camp.
- Rava-Ruska — International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above.
About
Rava-Ruska is a small city near the Polish border in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast. It is associated with a major border crossing and the site of a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War.
Notes
Rava-Rouska is particularly established in French memories of the wartime prisoner-of-war camp. French spellings need not be interpreted as current Ukrainian municipal romanizations. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rava-Ruska ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rava-Rouska.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q997343 · JSON
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