Elamur LocationsSokyriany
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сокиряни.
English name
Sokyriany — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Sokiryany — Older Ukrainian-based spelling with ya for я; also the Russian-based form of Сокиряны.
- Secureni — Romanian historical name used in English Bessarabian references.
- Târgu Secureni — Qualified Romanian historical name quoted in English references.
- Sokyryany — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Sokirâni — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Sokyri͡any — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- Сокиряни — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.
- Targu Secureni — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Târgu Secureni for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Sokyriany — Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.
Other forms in use:
- Sokiriany — Russian-derived French form explicitly given in geographical references.
- Secureni — Romanian historical name quoted in French references to Bessarabia.
About
Sokyriany is a small city in eastern Chernivtsi Oblast in Ukraine. It lies in the northern Bessarabian borderlands near Moldova.
Notes
Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokyriany ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokyriany.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q149173 · JSON
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