Elamur LocationsStarokostiantyniv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Старокостянтинів.
English name
Starokostiantyniv — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.
Other forms in use:
- Starokonstantinov — Russian-based spelling encountered in older English maps, reporting and reference works; not the selected Ukrainian-based form.
- Starokonstantynów — Historical Polish name used in English histories and family records.
- Starokostyantyniv — Older Ukrainian-based spelling using ya rather than ia inside the word.
- Starokostântinìv — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- Старокостянтинів — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Starokostiantyniv — Same spelling as in English; selected for current French use, without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.
Other forms in use:
- Starokonstantinov — Russian-based French transcription, useful for older French geographical writing; not the selected Ukrainian-based form.
- Starokonstantynów — Polish historical form encountered in French accounts of the former Polish territories; not a modern French transcription.
About
Starokostiantyniv is a city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast at the meeting of the Sluch and Ikopot rivers. Its castle recalls the Ostrogski family’s role in the history of Volhynia.
Notes
Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q997429 · JSON
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