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# Khoiniki

A settlement in Belarus; local name Хойнікі.

## English name

**Khoiniki** — Belarusian-based English form used in English geographical reference material; Russian-based names remain alternative search forms.

Other forms in use:

- **Khoyniki** — Russian-based English spelling of Хойники.
- **Chojniki** — Belarusian national romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; also a Polish spelling.
- **Hojnìkì** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Belarusian name; standard-derived bibliographic retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Хойнікі** — Belarusian original-script name, useful in English quotations of local sources.

## French name

**Khoïniki** — French reference spelling, using ï in the first syllable. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Khoyniki** — Russian-based international spelling; French uses ï in Khoïniki.
- **Chojniki** — Belarusian Latin and Polish spelling explicitly given in the French reference entry.

## About

Khoiniki is a district town in the Homiel region of southeastern Belarus. It is a base for the Polesia State Radioecological Reserve, which covers land affected by the Chornobyl disaster.

## Notes

Khoiniki is the established English rendering chosen here; Khoyniki is Russian-based. Chojniki is both the Belarusian 2007 national/UN 2012 spelling and a Polish spelling; Belarusian domestic romanization rules changed in 2023.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q955588](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955588) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/khoiniki/?format=json)


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