Elamur LocationsYampil
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Ямпіль.
English name
Yampil — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.
Other forms in use:
- Yampol — Russian-based historical English form; also close to the Polish spelling Jampol.
- Jampol — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- Iampol — Romanian name, also a French transcription of Russian Ямполь; used in border-region references.
- Iampil — French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form.
- Yampil’ — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- Yampil' — Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes.
- Âmpìlʹ — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- I͡ampilʹ — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- Ямпіль — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- Ямполь — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.
French name
Iampil — French reference form with initial I rather than English Y; Iampol is the Russian-derived French alternative.
Other forms in use:
- Iampol — Russian-based French form; also the Romanian name across the border.
- Yampil — International Ukrainian spelling used in French source citations.
- Jampol — Polish historical name useful in French regional or Jewish-history references; not a separate French exonym.
About
Yampil is a town on the Dniester in Vinnytsia Oblast, facing Moldova across the river. Its position made it a trading point on the river route towards the Black Sea.
Notes
Yampil in Vinnytsia Oblast on the Moldovan border, not the settlements of the same name in Sumy or Donetsk oblasts. Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yampil,_Vinnytsia_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iampil_(oblast_de_Vinnytsia).
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