Tokmak
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Токмак.
English name
Tokmak — 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. ISO 9:1995 gives the same spelling for this particular name.
Other forms in use:
- Bolshoy Tokmak — Russian-based historical name meaning “Greater Tokmak”, before shortening in 1962.
- Velykyi Tokmak — Ukrainian rendering of the historical longer name.
- Токмак — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Tokmak — 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:
- Bolchoï Tokmak — Older Russian-based French form of the name used before 1962.
- Velykyï Tokmak — French Ukrainian-based rendering of the earlier longer name.
About
Tokmak is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the Tokmak river. Its industrial history includes engineering and machinery manufacture.
Notes
The river and the city share the name. No current population or territorial-control claim is made. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q760235 · JSON
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