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# Dokshytsy

A settlement in Belarus; local name Докшыцы.

## English name

**Dokshytsy** — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived names and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.

Other forms in use:

- **Dokshitsy** — Russian-based English reference name from Докшицы.
- **Dokšycy** — Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without claiming these remained the domestic rules after 2023.
- **Dokszyce** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional and genealogical references.
- **Dokshits** — Jewish-community name recorded in English historical or genealogical references.
- **Dokshitz** — Jewish historical spelling indexed in English naming data.
- **Dokshitse** — Historical Latin variant indexed in English naming data; precise source-language attribution uncertain.
- **Dokšicy** — Historical Latin variant indexed in English naming data; source-language attribution uncertain.
- **Dugscitz** — Historical spelling indexed in English naming data; medium certainty, not a regular modern romanization.
- **Dokchytsy** — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- **Докшыцы** — Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
- **Doksicy** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dokšicy for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## French name

**Dokchytsy** — French heading uses ch for ш; Russian-derived Dokchitsy is separately printed.

Other forms in use:

- **Dokchitsy** — Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching.
- **Dokšycy** — Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in the French introduction.
- **Dokszyce** — Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French locality references.
- **Dokshytsy** — International spelling for cross-references in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified.
- **Doksycy** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dokšycy for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## About

Dokshytsy is a town in Belarus's Vitebsk Region near the upper Berezina. It has a long history within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and interwar Poland, and its Jewish community was devastated in the Holocaust.

## Notes

Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokshytsy ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokchytsy.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q954618](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954618) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/dokshytsy/?format=json)


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