Elamur LocationsVelyka Lepetykha
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Велика Лепетиха.
English name
Velyka Lepetykha — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Velikaya Lepetikha — Russian-based form explicitly recorded in international references; the Russian name also appears as Bolshaya Lepetikha.
- Bolshaya Lepetikha — Russian name explicitly given in the English reference entry; both words differ from the Ukrainian form.
- Velika Lepetiha — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- Велика Лепетиха — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.
French name
Velyka Lepetykha — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.
Other forms in use:
- Velikaïa Lepetikha — Russian-derived French transcription explicitly given alongside the Ukrainian form.
- Grand Lépétykha — Partly translated French Wikidata label, with Grand for Velyka; the French reference heading instead retains Velyka Lepetykha. Low certainty as a general French usage.
- Velikaia Lepetikha — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Velikaïa Lepetikha for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- Grand Lepetykha — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Grand Lépétykha for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Velyka Lepetykha is a settlement in Kherson Oblast on the lower Dnipro. It stood on the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir before the reservoir drained following the destruction of the dam in 2023.
Notes
Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Lepetykha ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Lepetykha.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2010740 · JSON
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