Elamur LocationsSvatove
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сватове.
English name
Svatove — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. ISO 9:1995 gives the same string. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.
Other forms in use:
- Svatovo — Russian-based name widely used in English maps and reporting.
- Svatova Luchka — Historical Ukrainian name, replaced by Svatove in 1923.
- Svatovskaya Luchka — Russian-mediated form of the historical name, used in older geographical records.
French name
Svatove — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Svatovo — Russian-mediated form common in French accounts alongside Svatove.
- Svatova Loutchka — French-style rendering of the former Ukrainian name; historical retrieval form, not a current heading.
About
Svatove is a town in northern Luhansk Oblast on the Krasna River. Its railway junction connects the agricultural north of the region with the Donbas.
Notes
The former name Svatova Luchka was replaced in 1923; this was not a recent decommunization change.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2414524 · JSON
This page as Markdown: https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/svatove/