Elamur LocationsShyroke
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Широке.
English name
Shyroke — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.
Other forms in use:
- Shirokoye — Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name.
- Chyroke — French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form.
- Široke — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- Широке — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- Широкое — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.
French name
Chyroke — French reference heading for the settlement near Kryvyi Rih; ch renders ш. It must be distinguished from other Ukrainian places called Shyroke.
Other forms in use:
- Chirokoïe — French transcription of Russian Широкое; medium confidence in French occurrence for this particular settlement.
- Chirokoie — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Chirokoïe for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Shyroke is a settlement on the Inhulets south of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as a local centre for the agricultural country along this part of the river.
Notes
Settlement on the Inhulets in Kryvyi Rih Raion, not another Shyroke. French Chyroke is attested by the linked settlement entry. Location checked against the settlement council’s planning documents. https://shiroksel.otg.dp.gov.ua/storage/app/sites/55/uploaded-files/dpt.pdf Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyroke ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyroke_(oblast_de_Dnipropetrovsk).
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1001092 · JSON
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