Elamur LocationsShostka
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Шостка.
English name
Shostka — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for contemporary English use.
Other forms in use:
- Šostka — Scholarly transliteration using Slavist conventions; these conventions are not one single dated national standard.
- Шостка — Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources.
- Chostka — French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form.
French name
Chostka — Transcription française du nom ukrainien actuel, retenue pour sa lisibilité en français ; la romanisation nationale figure aussi parmi les formes de recherche.
Other forms in use:
- Šostka — Translittération savante selon les conventions slavistiques, qui ne constituent pas une seule norme nationale datée.
- Shostka — Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification.
- Шостка — Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales.
About
Shostka is a city in the north of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. Its industrial history is especially associated with chemicals and the production of photographic film.
Notes
Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1000454 · JSON
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