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# Hlusk

A settlement in Belarus; local name Глуск.

## English name

**Hlusk** — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.

Other forms in use:

- **Glusk** — Russian-based English form from Глуск.
- **Hłusk** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references.
- **Halusk** — Jewish-community name quoted in English historical or genealogical references.
- **Hlousk** — French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- **Глуск** — Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.

## French name

**Hlousk** — French reference heading uses ou for у and h for Belarusian г; Russian-based Glousk is separately given.

Other forms in use:

- **Glousk** — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching.
- **Hłusk** — Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling and Polish name explicitly quoted in French prose.
- **Hlusk** — English international spelling for matching sources quoted in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Hlusk is a settlement in the southwestern part of Belarus's Mogilev Region. Its history includes a castle and a Jewish community destroyed during the Holocaust.

## Notes

Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hlusk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hlousk ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Глуськ\_(Білорусь) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Глуск.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2995174](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2995174) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/hlusk/?format=json)


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