Elamur LocationsZhydachiv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Жидачів.
English name
Zhydachiv — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement gives the same spelling here.
Other forms in use:
- Zhidachov — Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name.
- Żydaczów — Polish historical name used in English historical and genealogical references to this place.
- Zidichov — Yiddish-derived spelling used in Jewish historical or genealogical references; not the modern civic name.
- Zhydachov — Older Ukrainian-based English spelling, mixing Ukrainian h with the historical final -ov.
- Jydatchiv — French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name.
- Židačìv — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- Z͡hydachiv — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- Жидачів — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English.
- Zydaczow — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Żydaczów for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
French name
Jydatchiv — Attested French reference spelling; French j and tch render ж and ч.
Other forms in use:
- Zhydachiv — International Ukrainian spelling also usable in French; Jydatchiv adapts zh and ch to French j and tch.
- Żydaczów — Polish name used in French historical accounts.
- Jidatchov — Russian-based French spelling given alongside Jydatchiv.
- Zydaczow — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Żydaczów for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
About
Zhydachiv is a town on the Stryi River in Lviv Oblast. It has a medieval trading history and is associated with the Zhydachiv Hasidic tradition.
Notes
Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q997359 · JSON
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