Elamur LocationsVolochysk
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Волочиськ.
English name
Volochysk — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Volochys’k — Older Ukrainian transcription preserving the soft sign. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form.
- Volochisk — Russian-based English spelling.
- Wołoczyska — Polish historical name used in English accounts of the border railway.
- Voločisʹk — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- Volochysʹk — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.
French name
Volotchysk — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.
Other forms in use:
- Volotchisk — Russian-mediated French spelling in older maps and histories.
- Wołoczyska — Polish historical form quoted in French accounts of the former imperial border.
- Volochysk — International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system.
About
Volochysk is a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast on the eastern bank of the Zbruch River. The town and neighbouring Pidvolochysk developed on opposite sides of a former imperial frontier.
Notes
Pidvolochysk is the separate town on the western bank, not a former name of Volochysk.
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