Elamur LocationsVelyka Bahachka
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Велика Багачка.
English name
Velyka Bahachka — Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Velikaya Bagachka — Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Bohak — Name printed on a seventeenth-century Beauplan map according to English history; a documentary spelling, not a modern exonym.
- Velyka Bahatchka — French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym.
- Velika Bagačka — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified.
- Велика Багачка — Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
French name
Velyka Bahatchka — French locality reference heading; follows French transcription conventions.
Other forms in use:
- Velikaïa Bagatchka — Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; retained for older French source matching, not the current preferred heading.
- Velyka Bahachka — International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified.
- Velika Bagačka — ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage.
- Velikaia Bagatchka — Diacritic-free form of Velikaïa Bagatchka for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified.
About
Velyka Bahachka is a settlement on the Psel River in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It is associated with the kobzar tradition and the musician Fedir Kushneryk.
Notes
Kobzar association independently checked in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. https://esu.com.ua/article-52520 Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Bahachka ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1999887 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Bahatchka.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1999887 · JSON
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