Rozhyshche
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Рожище.
English name
Rozhyshche — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical.
Other forms in use:
- Rożyszcze — Polish historical name used in English histories of Volhynia.
- Rozhishch — Yiddish name romanized in English Jewish historical material.
- Rojichtche — French transcription of the Russian name.
- Roschischtsche — German historical spelling printed in French reference material.
- Rožiŝe — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- Roz͡hyshche — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence.
- Рожище — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.
French name
Rojychtche — French reference spelling, using j and chtch for Ukrainian ж and щ. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.
Other forms in use:
- Rożyszcze — Polish historical name explicitly given in the French entry.
- Rojichtche — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French entry.
- Roschischtsche — German historical name explicitly given in the French entry.
- Rozhyshche — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.
About
Rozhyshche is a town near Lutsk in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It lies in the Styr River basin and developed as a local trading and railway centre.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q148896 · JSON
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