Romny

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Ромни.

English name

Romny — 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. Established Latin spelling shared by Ukrainian and Russian romanization. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

• Romni — 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.
• Ромни — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

French name

Romny — Same spelling as in English; French geographical references also use Romny without a special adaptation.

About

Romny is a city in Sumy Oblast near the confluence of the Romen and Sula rivers. It was an important trading town and fair centre in northeastern Ukraine.

Notes

Romny is plural in local usage. No article has been added to the proper name in French.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q161994 · JSON

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