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# Kalinkavichy

A settlement in Belarus; local name Калінкавічы.

## English name

**Kalinkavichy** — Belarusian-based English form, consistent with BGN/PCGN 1979 usage.

Other forms in use:

- **Kalinkavičy** — Belarusian national 2007 geographical romanization, recommended by the UN in 2012; not a claim of unchanged domestic policy after 2023.
- **Kalinkovichi** — Russian-based form, common in older English maps and railway histories.
- **Kalinkowicze** — Polish historical name, used in historical and family records.
- **Калінкавічы** — Belarusian Cyrillic spelling.
- **Калинковичи** — Russian Cyrillic spelling.

## French name

**Kalinkavitchy** — French transcription uses tch for ч; attested French reference form alongside Russian-based Kalinkovitchi.

Other forms in use:

- **Kalinkavichy** — English-style Belarusian transcription reproduced in some French references.
- **Kalinkavičy** — Belarusian Latin form reproduced in French geographical reference tables; same dated system as in English.
- **Kalinkovitchi** — Russian-based French transcription, used in older references.
- **Kalinkowicze** — Polish historical spelling, retained when French texts cite Polish sources.

## About

Kalinkavichy is a town in Gomel Region in southeastern Belarus, near Mazyr. It developed into an important railway junction in the Pripyat lowlands.

## Notes

Local name is Belarusian, replacing the Ukrainian exonym in the input. Kalinkavichy is the conventional BGN/PCGN 1979 spelling.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q937344](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937344) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/kalinkavichy/?format=json)


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