Turka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Турка.

English name

Turka — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).

Other forms in use:

• Tourka — French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
• Турка — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.

French name

Tourka — French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.

Other forms in use:

• Turka — International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above.

About

Turka is a small city in the Carpathian foothills of Lviv Oblast. It is a centre of the Boyko cultural region and lies on the route towards the Uzhok Pass.

Notes

Supplied city Q932234 retained. Short English Turka is a disambiguation page Q424899. French Tourka identifies the city; the name is associated with the aurochs rather than with Turks. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourka.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q932234 · JSON

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