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# Bykhaw

A settlement in Belarus; local name Быхаў.

## English name

**Bykhaw** — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, following BGN/PCGN 1979 conventions.

Other forms in use:

- **Bychaŭ** — Belarusian national geographical system of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; not a claim about domestic rules after 2023.
- **Bychau** — Diacritic-free form of Bychaŭ.
- **Bykhov** — Russian-based name widely used in English historical geography.
- **Bychów** — Polish historical name used in accounts of the Commonwealth.
- **Bychow** — Unaccented Polish historical spelling.
- **Быхаў** — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Bykhaw** — Same as in English; Bykhaw is also the heading in French geographical reference usage.

Other forms in use:

- **Bykhov** — Russian-based French reference variant, alongside Belarusian-based Bykhaw.
- **Bychów** — Polish historical spelling used in French studies of the former Commonwealth.
- **Bychow** — Unaccented form of the Polish historical name.

## About

Bykhaw is a town in Mahilyow Region on the Dnieper River. Remains of a fortified residence and a substantial former synagogue reflect its history as a defended trading settlement.

## Notes

Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q954948](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954948) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/bykhaw/?format=json)


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