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# Drahichyn

A settlement in Belarus; local name Драгічын.

## English name

**Drahichyn** — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.

Other forms in use:

- **Drahičyn** — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012.
- **Drogichin** — Russian-based name used in English maps.
- **Drohiczyn** — Polish historical name, ambiguous with the town in present-day Poland.
- **Drohiczyn Poleski** — Historical Polish distinguishing form identifying this Polesian town.
- **Драгічын** — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Drahitchyn** — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.

Other forms in use:

- **Droguitchine** — Russian-mediated French transcription in older reference works.
- **Drohiczyn Poleski** — Polish historical name used in French writing to distinguish the town in Polesia.
- **Drahičyn** — Belarusian Latin spelling in French geographical reference tables.

## About

Drahichyn is a town in Brest Region in the lowlands of Polesia. It is a local service and railway centre in the countryside east of Kobryn.

## Notes

Not Drohiczyn on the Bug in present-day Poland. 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 Q956471](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956471) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/drahichyn/?format=json)


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