Elamur LocationsStaryi Sambir
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Старий Самбір.
English name
Staryi Sambir — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Stary Sambor — Polish historical name, also used in English historical and genealogical writing.
- Staremiasto — Older Polish name explicitly given in English reference prose.
- Stare Miasto — Spaced version of the older Polish name; not a generic reference to any old town.
- Staryy Sambor — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Altshtat — Jewish-community name quoted in English historical or genealogical references.
- Alt Stat — Alternative Jewish-community spelling indexed in English naming data.
- Ir Yashan — Hebrew historical community name indexed in English naming data; English prose frequency uncertain.
- Staryj Sambir — Scholarly-style spelling indexed in English naming data; exact system attribution not established.
- Staryï Sambir — French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- Staryy Sambir — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Starij Sambìr — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Staryĭ Sambir — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Старий Самбір — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
French name
Staryï Sambir — French reference heading uses ï in the first word; Stary Sambor also appears in its historical introduction.
Other forms in use:
- Stary Sambor — Polish historical name and Russian-based form both printed in French reference prose; the source does not distinguish them consistently.
- Staryi Sambir — International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above.
About
Staryi Sambir is a small city near the Dniester in the Carpathian foothills of Lviv Oblast. Its name distinguishes it from the larger city of Sambir farther downstream.
Notes
Staryi Sambir is distinct from the larger Sambir. Polish Stary Sambor/Staremiasto and Jewish Altshtat refer to this town; do not use an unqualified Sambor as a universal synonym. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryi_Sambir ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryï_Sambir.
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