Elamur LocationsSlavuta
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Славута.
English name
Slavuta — 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. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.
Other forms in use:
- Slawuta — Polish historical name used in English studies of the borderlands and Jewish history.
- Slavita — Yiddish name in Latin transcription, especially familiar in accounts of Hebrew printing and Hasidic history.
- Славута — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.
French name
Slavouta — Traditional French transcription uses ou; Slavouta is the adapted geographical form.
Other forms in use:
- Slavuta — Same official Latin form as in English; French texts using Ukrainian romanization keep u.
- Slawuta — Polish historical form retained in French historical references.
- Slavita — Jewish historical name in Latin transcription, used in French writing on Hasidism and Hebrew printing.
About
Slavuta is a city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast near the Horyn River. It has a long history of manufacturing and is remembered for Hebrew printing and Jewish religious life.
Notes
Slavita is a historical community/transcription form, not a recent official renaming.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q856018 · JSON
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