Zastavna
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Заставна.
English name
Zastavna — 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 ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Zastawna — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- Târgu Nistrului — Romanian wartime name used in 1941–1944, as dated in English reference text.
- Заставна — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.
- Targu Nistrului — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Târgu Nistrului for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Zastavna — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.
Other forms in use:
- Târgu Nistrului — Romanian wartime name dated 1941–1944 in English references; retained for French historical searches.
- Targu Nistrului — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Târgu Nistrului for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Zastavna is a small city in the Bukovina region of Ukraine's Chernivtsi Oblast. It serves a farming area north of Chernivtsi and has historical links with both Romanian and Ukrainian cultural life.
Notes
Târgu Nistrului is dated 1941–1944 by the English locality reference; not a current Romanian or Ukrainian official main. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastavna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastavna.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q149035 · JSON
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